A Shortie Checklist: Warner Bros.

[Jlewis]

On the other forum (CMU, now “deceased”), I had been making chronological “lists” of each Hollywood studio’s live-action “shorties” in lengthy blogs and, just in this past year or two, I have been adding some of this material to the Wikipedia site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_short_subjects_by_Hollywood_studio#Warner_Brothers

This series of posts (which I am putting online “backwards” so that they will stay in order) can be used as a “checklist” with a bit more information. I also decided to alphabetize for “easy” reference… and I put “easy” in quotes because NOTHING is ever easy. Should Dream Café be listed under “D” or under “J” as Jimmy Clemons In “Dream Café” instead? The way the title cards were seen on screen and the way these titles were listed in periodicals of the period differed.

Ah… yes… Warner Brothers!

They cranked out a TON of shorties at their Brooklyn Vitaphone facilities, as well as Hollywood and Burbank. Not only was that studio prolific, but they also were pretty good with their batting average, quality-wise. It is surprising just how many of these 6 to 30 minute extravaganzas are still fun to watch today after many decades. We are also VERY fortunate that TCM is owned by the Warner conglomerate and many lost treasures from their vaults have made it to TV and on DVD (and I have tried my best to indicate which titles made it there). So many other entertainment corporations are absolutely clueless of what they may have rotting away in their vaults.

Of course, I need to acknowledge my references for these lists and you folks can let me know of my many boo-boos that need corrected… hopefully on a different thread I am creating. BoxOffice Magazine (scans available online for a while, but a bit harder to access in recent years), Film Daily and Motion Picture Herald Magazine back issues (both found on the Internet Archive), with the IMDb.com site have all been a great help. (I had added many Warner shorties to that latter site.) Equally important are the Library of Congress copyright listings Motion Pictures 1912-1939 (1951), Motion Pictures 1940-1949 (1953), Motion Pictures 1950-1959 (1960) and Motion Pictures 1960-1969 (1971). I have a few of these, but they are also scanned online on the Internet Archive and probably feature the ONLY online information of ssssssooooo many forgotten shorties.

Then… there is Roy Liebman’s Vitaphone Films – A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts. (McFarland & Company, 2003), sort of a “bible” for this material. It is not totally complete with release dates, plot summaries and technical details; I still had to rustle 60% of my material elsewhere. Yet it is probably one of the very few books apart from Leonard Maltin’s 1972 Selected Shorts that even bothers covering our beloved shorties. Also it features all of the Vitaphone numbers listed here (and I will allow “eagle eye” observers to catch my boo-boos here), as well as “approximate” production times by month (although quite a bit is covered in the above mentioned magazine back issues as well).

This list is strictly “live-action”, but we ALL know that Warner Brothers ALSO cranked out the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (Bugs Bunny included) between 1930 and 1969, in addition to TV specials from the mid seventies onward. Of course, they need their own list… and there is quite a bit online already. Yet… did you know that Warner also distributed some independent cartoons as well? None of these are listed below, but I will mention them here:

Dolly Daisy was a puppetoon character created by Howard Moss and Charles Bennes, appearing in two “Vitaphone Variety” shorts: Dizzy Doings (previewed in August 1930) and Hearts And Flowers (December release and one that can be found online if you search). Another independent picked up for January 1931 distribution was John McCrory's Buster Bear; a follow-up featuring the same Mickey Mouse-ish teddy character was released on April 14, 1931 as Spring Carnival. The future Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel), who would also contribute to Leon Schlesinger's Private Snafu series, had his popular “Flint” ads brought to the screen via Audio Cinema’s unit with future Looney Tune animators Tom and Robert McKimson supposedly contributing. Unfortunately ‘Neath The Bababa Tree and Put On The Spout (both released June 1, 1931) may be lost films today. Another vintage cartoon “commercial” was Graduation Day In Bugland, reviewed by Film Daily on March 1, 1931. This one promoted Listerine with a little girl dreaming of cartoon “germs”. In July 1934, another “Vitaphone Variety” was a stop-motion puppetoon released in France a year earlier as Fétiche Mascotte (The Mascot) with Vladislav Starewicz. The Americanized version was titled Stuffy's Errand Of Mercy. A puppetoon pooch seeks an orange for a sick child, but winds up at the Devil’s Ball with all kinds of weirdos that somebody like Tim Burton would, no doubt, love to meet in person.

But… enough with my babbling. Starting with Abe Lyman Band and ending with Zero Girl…

 

This is the basic set up for each film listed:

 

Title of film

• producer and/or director listed in (), also an indication if the film was either shot or edited (if a travelogue) at Brooklyn’s Vitaphone studio instead of California. If you see (---), it means I don’t have director information… yet.

• black & white (bw) or color

• “approximate” running time in minutes (m) or running time in reels (1 reel is under 11 minutes, 2 reels under 25 minutes) since I couldn’t find an exact time frame here

• Series Title with key star listed in () and a top billed star in []

• release date or copyright © date and sometimes a filming date in ()

• (any awards) or *DVD* availability

• brief description… and I do keep it brief. Additional cast members are also listed here.

 

I know… I have a strange way of doing these. Trying to save space.
 

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Abe Lyman Band (Abe Lyman And His Band) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-January 20, 1933 (Film Daily review; filmed October '32) Set in an auditorium with the holiday "Auld Lang Syne" included // Vitaphone #1485

Abe Lyman Orchestra "Maestro Of Syncopated Symphony" (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 18, 1928 (filmed November '27) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Highlight is a boppy rendition of "Varsity Rag". This is Vitaphone #2338. A very similiar jazz reel titled "Syncopated Symphony" is listed Vitaphone #2474. // Vitaphone #2338

Abe Lyman Orchestra "Syncopated Symphony" (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 18, 1928 (filmed November '27) With Jimmy Ray and such '20s standards as "12th Street Rag", "Varsity Drag" and "Among My Souvenirs" // Vitaphone #2274

Absent Minded (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Wallace Ford)-April 30, 1930 He's so forgetful that he tries a memory course to no avail. // Vitaphone #973

Absent Minded Abner (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Jack Haley, Olive Shea & Hugh Cameron)-May 15, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed February) One very serious… and hilarious… case of amnesia. // Vitaphone #1372-1373

Absorbing Junior (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-21m-(Big V Comedy: Shemp Howard & Johnny Berkes)-April 25, 1936 Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* The need to gamble at a horse race prompts a burgalry of Junior's piggy bank. (With Gertrude Madge, Gerie Worthing, Arthur & Morton Havel & Kenneth Lundy) // Vitaphone #1978-1979

The Accordion Man And Girl Imitator (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Dorothy Murray & Earl La Vere)-June 1927 Accompanied by De Sues, Furney & Johnson // Vitaphone #2108

Ace Of Clubs (George Marshall; music: William Lava) bw-20m-(Classics of the Screen)-January 27, 1951 (Completed September '50) Comprised of Bobby Jones reels from 1931 and '33. // Vitaphone #1980A

Across The Border (---) bw-20m-(Vitaphone Variety: Sarah Padden, Frank Campeau & Roy Stewart)-© August 27, 1928 (filmed June) A rancher leaves his Texas wife but the neighbors come to her aid and she wants her son’s name protected from his infidelity. // Vitaphone #2664-2665

Action In Sports (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-December 13, 1947 (edited April) Filmed in Peru. // Vitaphone #1672A

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Adele Le Narr, The Wonder Kid Of Vaudeville (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-June 1927 Jazzing singing ("Red Lips") and dancing // Vitaphone #611

The Admirals "A Naval Quartet" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 2, 1927 (filmed March) Features Norman Bartlett, Jack Armstrong, Henry Durrett and Jack Keyes on a ship singing "I'll Remember You Always" and other tunes. // Vitaphone #477

Admission Five Cents (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Leo Donnelly) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-© October 9, 1933 (filmed October '32) Tunes from early century and a trip to the nickelodeon are recreated. // Vitaphone #1498

Adventure In The Bronx (Sweenie Steps Out) (Film Associates- music: William Lava) bw-12m-(Special)-November 1941 Academy Award Nominee later distributed by Warner Bros. after its award nomination. Tale of a boy (Michael O'Connell) visiting the zoo. // Vitaphone #1019X

An Adventure To Remember (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw-10m-(Warner Novelty)-October 1, 1955 Shows clips from The Isle Of Lost Ships. // Vitaphone #2529A

Adventures In Africa #1- Into The Unknown (Wynant D. Hubbard; camera: W. Earle Frank) bw-15m-(serial documentary)-May 17, 1931 Kongo *DVD* (edited as a feature UNTAMED AFRICA) The first of a series documenting the Hubbard's 1929-30 stay in equatorial Africa (mostly Rhodesia), with stunning footage of the animal life. The titles detail the main drama. The first entry was rated by FILM DAILY as "very good" with a high ratio of critter footage (including a skirmish between lion and hyena). // Vitaphone #4681-4682

Adventures In Africa #2- An African Boma (Wynant D. Hubbard) bw-10m-(serial documentary)-June 21, 1931 (Film Daily review; © April 13) Kongo *DVD* (edited as a feature UNTAMED AFRICA) Emphasis here is on native village life. // Vitaphone #4773-4774

Adventures In Africa #3- The Lion Hunt (Wynant D. Hubbard) bw-15m-(serial documentary)-July 5, 1931 (Film Daily review) Kongo *DVD* (edited as a feature UNTAMED AFRICA) FILM DAILY labeled this one "engrossing". // Vitaphone #4775-4776

Adventures In Africa #4- Spears Of Death (Wynant D. Hubbard) bw-14m-(serial documentary)-July 5, 1931 (Film Daily Review) Kongo *DVD* (edited as a feature UNTAMED AFRICA) A gruesome entry with plenty of tribal dancing and one warrior slashing his eyes. // Vitaphone #4777-4778

Adventures In Africa #5- Trails Of The Hunted (Wynant D. Hubbard) bw-18m-(serial documentary)-July 19, 1931 (Film Daily review) Kongo *DVD* (edited as a feature UNTAMED AFRICA) The stars are wildebeest and baboons... and the Hubbard pets. // Vitaphone #4692-4693

Adventures In Africa #6- The Buffalo Stampede (Wynant D. Hubbard) bw-17m-(serial documentary)-August 9, 1931 (Film Daily review) Kongo *DVD* (edited as a feature UNTAMED AFRICA) A little less exciting than its title suggests but you do get the cape buffalo in his glory. // Vitaphone #4698-4699

Adventures In Africa #7- The Witch Doctor's Magic (Wynant D. Hubbard) bw-10m-(serial documentary)-September 6, 1931 (Film Daily review) Kongo *DVD* (edited as a feature UNTAMED AFRICA) The Film Daily critic snickered at the rather staged scene when the villagers force the witch doctor to leave. This may explain why it wasn’t included in the compilation feature later. Curious hunt has Hubbard showing tribesman to “scare to death” lechwe (small antelope). // Vitaphone #4712-4713

Adventures In Africa #8- Flaming Jungles (Wynant D. Hubbard) bw-15m-(serial documentary)-September 1931 Kongo *DVD* (edited as a feature UNTAMED AFRICA) Dramatic brush fire overtakes much of the Hubbards’ dwellings. // Vitaphone #4715-4716

Adventures In Africa #9- Dangerous Trails (Wynant D. Hubbard) bw-15m-(serial documentary)-September 27, 1931 (Film Daily review) Kongo *DVD* (edited as a feature UNTAMED AFRICA) Lots of hippos and crocodiles in this one. Also a fire scene. // Vitaphone #4726-4727

Adventures In Africa #10- Maneaters (Wynant D. Hubbard) bw-17m-(serial documentary)-September 27, 1931 (FIlm Daily review) Kongo *DVD* (edited as a feature UNTAMED AFRICA) A lion is in trouble for raiding cattle. // Vitaphone #4767-4768

Adventures In Africa #11- Beasts Of The Wilderness (Wynant D. Hubbard) bw-12m-(serial documentary)-October 25, 1931 (Film Daily review) Kongo *DVD* (edited as a feature UNTAMED AFRICA) Rated "very good" by FILM DAILY on account of some close-up shots of the great antelope herds. // Vitaphone #4769-4770

Adventures In Africa #12- Unconquered Africa (Wynant D. Hubbard) bw-16m-(serial documentary)-November 8, 1931 (Film Daily review) Kongo *DVD* (edited as a feature UNTAMED AFRICA) Partly a recap of the previous episodes // Vitaphone #4771-4772

Adventures In South America (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Lewis N. Cotlow; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-10m-(Technicolor Adventure)-August 10, 1946 (© December 30, 1945) Tours the Andes, Lake Titicaca, the cities of La Paz, Cuzco & Lima and ends with the Amazon. // Vitaphone #1460A

The Adventures Of Alexander Selkirk (Cedric Francis, producer; Jackson Winter; music: Howard Jackson) Warnercolor-17m-(Warnercolor Special)-June 18, 1955 An account of the desert-island existence of Alexander Selkirk, the young Scotsman who became the model for Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe. Portrays Selkirk's experiences as the sole human inhabitant of the island of Juan Fernández in the South Pacific from 1704 to 1709. // Vitaphone #2490A

Aero-Nut (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Al St. John)-May 1920

Africa Shrieks (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Hugh Cameron)-© February 5, 1931 (filmed December '30) A "pre" spoof on "Bring 'Em Back Alive" pics with Cameron spooked by a mouse in one climax. // Vitaphone #1151

Africa Speaks - English (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-11m-(Pepper Pot: Edgar Bergan & Charlie McCarthy)-© February 6, 1933 (filmed September '32) A very funny Bergen-McCarthy outing in a jungle with a most articulate cannibal. More of a spoof on jungle stereotypes than sterotyped itself. // Vitaphone #1482

After The Honeymoon (---) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Frank Orth & Ann Codee)-January 19, 1929 (filmed October '28) One comic wedding night gone bad. Initially titled MEET THE WIFE. // Vitaphone #2710

After The Roundup (Doc Salomon) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Rangers)-December 1928 Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Country quartet rehearse after a round-up. // Vitaphone #2900

Agriculture, Industry And Power (---) bw-9m-(documentary)-May 1955 Made for the US Information Service. // Vitaphone #2486A

Ain't It The Truth: A Comedy In Manners (---) bw-18m-(Vitaphone Variety: William B. Davidson, Grace Valentine, Dot Farley & Patricia Caron)-© March 9, 1929 (filmed July '28) // Vitaphone #2648-2649

Ain't Rio Grand? (James Bloodworth; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-17m-(Warner Novelty)-December 2, 1951 Reissue with dialogue of a Larry Semon western spoof, Well I'll Be (1919 Vitagraph). // Vitaphone #4626A

Air Defense (---) bw-26m-(Warner Pathé News)-November 1952 Military documentary used to initiare Ground Observer Corps recruits. // Vitaphone #2244A

Al Lyons & His 4 Horsemen "My Musical Melange" (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© January 28, 1929 (filmed October '28) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* With Jack Beardsley, D.M. Taylor, Neal Castagnoli and Edith Murray. Accordian included here. "Some of These Days" and "Normandie" are among the tunes. // Vitaphone #2789

Alaska (Eddie Lambert) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Laff Tours)-© February 16, 1931 (filmed December '30) Spoof travelogue. // Vitaphone #4654

Albert Spalding (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© November 7, 1929 (filmed April) Singing "To a Wild Rose" and "Rondo Capriccioso" with André Benoinst on piano. // Vitaphone #802

Albert Spalding Playing "Alabama & Chopin's "Valse In G Flat" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Harold Levey) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Albert Spalding & André Benoist)-© June 12, 1929 (filmed April) // Vitaphone #801

Albert Spalding Playing "Ave Maria" By Shubert & "Waltz By A" By Brahms (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-18m-(Vitaphone Variety: Albert Spalding & André Benoist)-© September 7, 1929 (filmed April) // Vitaphone #797

Albert Spalding Playing "Minuet In B" By Mozart & "Liebesfreud" By Kreisler (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Harold Levey) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Albert Spalding & André Benoist)-© July 22, 1929 (filmed April) // Vitaphone #798

Albert Spalding Playing Kreisler's "Liebeslied" & Raff's "Cavitina" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Harold Levey) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Albert Spalding & André Benoist)-© September 7, 1929 (filmed April) // Vitaphone #800

Albert Spalding Playing Schumann's "Traumere" & Sarasate's "Romanza Andaluza" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Harold Levey) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Albert Spalding & André Benoist)-© November 7, 1929 (filmed April) // Vitaphone #799

Albert Spalding, Renowned American Violinist #439 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-August 19, 1928 (Film Daily review; filmed February '27) Features "Souvenir" and "Gypsy Airs" // Vitaphone #439

Albert Spalding, Renowned American Violinist #438 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 4, 1927 (filmed February) Features "Nocturne no. 12 in G-Major" (Chopin) and Schubert's "Hark Hark the Lark" // Vitaphone #438

Alex In Wonderland (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Reisner & Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson) bw-14m-(Broadway Brevity: Eddie Foy Jr., Walter Catlett & Jane Gilbert)-March 9, 1940 (filmed '39) A practical joker disturbs his sister and brother-in-law and gets inadvertently involved in a jewel robbery. // Vitaphone #9619-2620

Alexander Moissi, Europe's Greatest Actor (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-1929 (not released) // Vitaphone #831

Algiers (Scenic Of Algiers) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; editor: Bert Frank; narrator: Burnet Hershey) bw-8m-(Newman Traveltalk)-April 12, 1931 (Film Daily review) Touring the “Paris of North Africa” // Vitaphone #1181

The Alibi (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Kenneth Harlan)-June 1928 // Vitaphone #2677-2678

Alibi Mark (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-13m-(Your True Adventure)-December 20, 1937 Kid Galahad (Greatest Gangster Films Edward G. Robinson) *DVD* Dennis Moore is a freight train hopper who gets accused of a small time crime he didn't commit. // Vitaphone #41B

Alibi Time (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Radio Ramblers)-February 12, 1938 (filmed October '37) The boys investigate a robbery. (With Jose Dawning, Edith Roarke & Morgan Conway) // Vitaphone #15B

Alice In Jungleland (Marjorie Freeman; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Marvin Miller) bw-10m-(Warner "Vitaphone" Variety)-September 22, 1945 (Completed '44) A girl dreams about wild animals. Not sure currently where the footage was lifted or if it was newly filmed, since it is in black and white. // Vitaphone #1337A

Alice In Movieland (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco & Owen Crump) bw-21m39s-(Broadway Brevity)-November 16, 1940 (date on title card reads 1938) The Sea Hawk (Greatest Classic Legends Errol Flynn) *DVD* A small town girl (Joan Leslie) dreams of her difficult rise to Hollywood stardom, while aboard a LA-bound train. Clever cinematic tricks and dissolves are employed here to dramatic effect. Nana Bryant, Clara Blandick and Clarence Muse also appear. // Vitaphone #88-89A

All Aboard (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Carl Dudley; music: Howard Jackson & Vaughan; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-10m-(Technicolor Adventure)-March 30, 1946 (completed November '45) Brief history of the US railroad. // Vitaphone #1423A

The All American Drawback (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-11m-(Pepper Pot: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy)-October 5, 1935 (previewed by Film Daily September 6, filmed June) Captain Blood (Greatest Classic Legends Errol Flynn) *DVD* Coach Bergen struggles to keep the quarterback dummy from looking like one with the college dean. One of the funniest of the ventroliquist with Charlie being quite the ladies man. // Vitaphone #1877

All Colored Vaudeville Show (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-11m-(Pepper Pot: Adelaide Hall & Nicholas Brothers)-June 22, 1935 (filmed December '34) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & The Green Pastures *DVD* Somewhat dated, but highly entertaining musical frequently "borrowed" for its Nicholas Brothers dancing. // Vitaphone #1819

All Girl Revue (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-8m8s-(Vitaphone Novelty: June Allyson)- June 22, 1940 (filmed July '39) The Roaring Twenties (Greatest Gangster Films Prohibition Era) *DVD* A girl band runs for city government. Also featuring the Harrison Sisters, Betty Moe, Beverly Crane and Beverly Kirk // Vitaphone #262B

The All Girl Revue (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety)-June 9, 1929 (Film Daily review) With Betty Lou Webb, Lillian Price, Jean Rankin's Bluebells, the Malenoff Trio, Terry Green, Ellen Bunting, DePaco & Kazviki // Vitaphone #818

All In For Fun (All In Fun) (Charles Smith) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: John Hyams & Leila McIntire)-© December 29, 1927 (filmed October) Music comedy about marriage // Vitaphone #2247

All Sealed Up (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Ben Blue)-© September 13, 1934 (filmed May) Antics with a seal who follows Ben from aquarium to train. (Other support: Fred Harper, Louise Troxell, Harry Shannon & Lionel Stander) // Vitaphone #1714-1715

All Square (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© January 15, 1930 (filmed October '29) 2-reel drama involving a boy wanting to take mother out west and etting robbed… by his father.. // Vitaphone #3289-3290

All Star Melody Master (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-July 29, 1944 Northern Pursuit *DVD* Compilation of past Melody Masters (Hal Kemp, Emil Coleman, Skinny Ennis & David Rubinoff). // Vitaphone #1224A

All Star Musical Revue (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl; music: William Lava) bw-20m-(Special)-November 3, 1945 Features footage not used in HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN. // Vitaphone #1403A

The All-American Bands (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-May 22, 1943 (Completed February) Footage culled from earlier shorts with Freddie Martin, Skinnay Ennis, Joe Reichman and Matty Malneck. // Vitaphone #1106A

Allan Prior, Famous Australian Tenor And Star Of "The Student Prince" (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© September 13, 1927 (filmed June) Cozy fireplace setting with Vitaphone Orchestra assisting. // Vitaphone #2106

The Alma Martyr (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians)-February 23, 1933 (Film Daily review; filmed November '32) Comedy musical set in a college. // Vitaphone #1508

Aloha Nui (Dudley Pictures: Carl Dudley; music: Howard Jackson) Eastmancolor / Vistarama-11m-(Stereophonic Special)-September 19, 1953 More travel scenes from Hawaii. Initially released independently. // Vitaphone #2391A

Along Came Ruth (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Ruth Etting)-May 3, 1933 (filmed October '32) Etting takes a vacation to a country inn to rest from her singing, but still belts out "Shine On Harvest Moon" and two other tunes. (With Chester Chute, Charles Althoff & Sam Wren) // Vitaphone #1492-1493

Along The Mediterranean (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Howard Claney) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-January 23, 1937 (Completed December '36) // Vitaphone #2026

Alpine Champions (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-May 6, 1950 (Completed September '49) Filmed in the Swiss Alps. (Reissued February '61) // Vitaphone #1863A

Alpine Echoes (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Douglas Stanbury)-July 1930 Mostly songs. Spanish version #1088. // Vitaphone #1087

Alpine Glory (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; script: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor / CinemaScope-9m-(Scope Gem)-August 3, 1957 Excellent tour of Austria with (according to BoxOffice magazine) some of the best CinemaScope footage ever captured. (Reissued June '67). // Vitaphone #2751A

Alpine Gradeur (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman & Ira Genet; narrator: Alan Kent) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-May 15, 1937 Tour of Switzerland // Vitaphone #2029

Always Faithful (George Middleton) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Blanche Sweet & John Litel)-December 31, 1929 Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* The silent star makes her talkie debut as a potentially unfaithful wife with a younger (bespectacled) John Litel. // Vitaphone #3334

Amateur Night (Bryan Foy) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: William Demarest & Bessie Love)-October 17, 1927 (filmed August) Recreates an oldtime amateur night at the theater. // Vitaphone #2130

America For Me (Jerry Fairbanks, producer; Albert Kelly) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-May 30, 1953 Slightly dull bus ride through national parks, often available online as a Greyhound advertisement short. Ellen Drew, Meg Randall and John Archer star. // Vitaphone #2270A

America The Beautiful (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; André De La Varre; story: Saul Elkins & Owen Crump; music: William Lava; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-16m-(Technicolor Special)-August 4, 1945 (edited April) Ambitious travelogue // Vitaphone #1355A

An American Partnership (William Hendricks; music: Basil Adlam; narration: William Conrad) c-13+m-(documentary)-1974 Made for U.S. Savings Bonds

American Saddle Horses (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Del Frazier; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: John Deering) Cinecolor-10m-(Color Parade)-November 11, 1939 // Vitaphone #9532

American Sports Album (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-March 8, 1947 (Completed June '46) Compilation short // Vitaphone #1504A

Americanische Lieder (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Ann Codee)-March 1929 Singing pop tunes in different languages // Vitaphone #758

America's Battle Of Beauty (music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning & Sidney Blackmer) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-November 21, 1942 Travelogue footage from Florida and California with humorous narration. // Vitaphone #1074A

America's Hidden Weapon (US Office of War: William C. McGann; s: Charles L. Tedford; music: William Lava) bw-10m-(War Activities Committee Special)-March 30, 1944 // Vitaphone #1219A

And How (---) Technicolor (2-color)-9m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety: Anne Greenway)-© March 19, 1930 (filmed December '29) A musical look at ol' Manhattan when the Indians owned it. // Vitaphone #3719

And She Learned About Dames (---) bw-9m-(promotional)-September 1934 Dames (Greatest Classic Films Busby Berkeley 1) *DVD* Entertaining promotional with behind-the-scenes filming of DAMES and a "Miss Complexion" for 1934 getting a free trip to the studio. // Vitaphone #6466

And Wife (William McCann) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Frank Davis & Bernice Elliott)-© April 30, 1930 (filmed December '29) Marriage and divorce spoof with the husband-to-be having trouble getting rid of his ex. // Vitaphone #3676

Angel Cake (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Cy Landry, The Foursome, Jimmy Ray & others)-© February 20, 1931 Assorted musical revues. // Vitaphone #1179-1180

Animal Antics (music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-January 20, 1951 (Completed '49) Footage from the Sennett and, possibly Hal Roach, vaults involving animal stars. // Vitaphone #1908A

Animals And Kids (Robert Youngson; narrator: Ward Wilson & Jay Jackson) bw-10m-(Warner Novelty)-August 18, 1956 (Completed '55) Vintage old newsreel and silent comedy clips // Vitaphone #2652A

Animals Have All The Fun (Robert Youngson; narrator: Ward Wilson) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-April 19, 1952 Great clips of critters in action, both in silent comedies and newsreels. // Vitaphone #2156A

Animals Of The Amazon (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Newman Traveltalk)-May 1931 The success of "Adventures In Africa" and the later "Believe It Or Not" entries, which increased their amount of animal footage (here sloths, giant anteaters, Amazon dolphins included), had their effect on the early E.M. Newman travelogues. This one would be a good one to look for in the vaults. Music by Harold Levey // Vitaphone #1228

Ann Codee Dans "Des Melodies Americainers" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-March 1929 // Vitaphone #759

Annabel Lee: Story By Edgar Allen Poe (Ron Morante) color-10m-(Worldwide Adventure)-November 22, 1969 Vincent Price narrates this tale over a series of still photos. // Vitaphone #3465A

Anything For Laughs (music: Howard Jackson & William Lava; narrator: George O'Hanlon) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-April 21, 1951 (Completed June '50) Larry Semon's silent The Show updated // Vitaphone #1971A

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Apartment Hunting (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: George Fisher & Honey Hurst)-© November 29, 1929 Honey waits for an agent renting her place in this comedy-musical. // Vitaphone #920

Aqua Queens (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Warnercolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-August 6, 1955 Florida waterskiing // Vitaphone #2520A

Arabians In The Rockies (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-December 15, 1945 (Completed May) Arabian horses are raised in the Rockies. // Vitaphone #1374A

Archie Gottler, His Songs Are Sung In A Million Homes (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 27, 1928 (filmed June) Showcasing a medley of his written hits with Babe Glick and Peggy Rollins in support. // Vitaphone #2670

Are Animals Actors? (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; James Bloodworth; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) bw-20m-(Special)-March 31, 1945 (completed '44) / Footage from past Vitaphone shorts of circus stars (monkeys, bears and ponies) are featured with recent shots of dogs training on the Burbank lot, Daisy included. (Reissued 12-27-52) // Vitaphone #1302A

Argentine Horses (music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-August 8, 1942 Horse racing reel // Vitaphone #1026A

The Aristocrats (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Born & Lawrence)-© March 12, 1929 (filmed November '28) Music and pantomime gags. // Vitaphone #2640

The Arkansas Travelers (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Meyers & Hanford)-June 30, 1928 Farmyard musical with plenty of bare feet. // Vitaphone #2593

Army Days (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Lieutenant Clifford Carling)-November 1928 "Colored" military humor. // Vitaphone #2793

Army Show (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Edward Dunstedter)-February 27, 1943 (filmed December '42) The Army Air Force Orchestra performs // Vitaphone #1090A

Arnaut Brothers, The Famous Loving Birds (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 18, 1927 (filmed May) John and Renee sing in a bird nest. // Vitaphone #571

Arnold Johnson And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-September 11, 1938 (BoxOffice review) A nod to Schubert (coming to life on a wall) in this tap-dancing mix of jazz and classical with Siroy & Weaver, Three Sirens and Three Orchids. // Vitaphone #77B

Around The Clock (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Norma Terris)-© February 14, 1934 (filmed October '33) Romance of an actress as reported by Walter Winchell. (With Lynne Overman, the Four Eton Boys & Jay Brennan) // Vitaphone #1630-1631

Around The World In Eight Minutes (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Hugh Cameron, Dan Coleman, Dudley Hawley & Lois Wild)-© June 6, 1933 (filmed February '32) Travelers showcase a bizarre film of their adventures (including a trip to the moon) // Vitaphone #1369

Arrow Magic (Charles Trego & Aude Vail; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-March 22, 1947 (filmed June '46) Archery reel // Vitaphone #1501A

Art Of Archery (Howard Hill; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-October 6, 1951 (Completed March) Final Howard Hill short. (Reissued April '65) // Vitaphone #2053A

Art Trouble (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ralph Staub; writer: Jack Henley) bw-21m-(Big V Comedy: Harry Gribbon, Shemp Howard, Gertrude Mudge, Beatrice Blinn & James Stewart)-© June 23, 1934 (filmed January) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Two bumbling brothers pose as artists in Paris to please two rich boys (one a young Jimmy Stewart). // Vitaphone #1674-1675

Arthur Pat West And His Middies "Syncopated Blues Players" (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© December 8, 1927 Singing "Mine", "Following You Around" and "Baby Baby and Me" // Vitaphone #2189

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-April 29, 1939 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Both Artie Shaw reels are good (see SYMPHONY OF SWING) but this may have the better music selection ("Nightmare" and "Begin the Beguin"... and less eye popping visuals. Helen Forrest and Tony Pastor croon. (Reissued 2-7-48 and 10-22-55) // Vitaphone #214B

Artistic Mimicry (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bruce Bowers)-© March 20, 1929 (filmed December '28) Comic monologue with an impersonator and sound effects guru. // Vitaphone #2870

Artistic Temperament (Artistic Temper) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Ruth Etting)-April 1932 Doctor reacts to his stage struck wife's show business party but later reconiles when she makes it big. (With Victor Kilian, Wilfred Lytell, Frank McNellis & Frances McHugh) // Vitaphone #1403-1404

A-Speed On The Deep (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-December 24, 1949 Vintage Pathé footage of water skiing and sailing. // Vitaphone #1893A

Assassin Of Grief And Remorse (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Al Herman & His Troubadors)-© July 24, 1928 (filmed April) Blackface routines // Vitaphone #2578

At His Side (Red Cross & 20th entury Fox [co-prod.]-) bw-10m-(War Activities Committee Special)-January 27, 1944

At Home (Bryan Foy) bw-18m-(The Potters w/ Lucien Littlefield)-© March 15, 1930 (filmed January) The boss is invited home for dinner. Big mistake with this family. // Vitaphone #3827-3828

At The Ball Game (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Leo Carrillo)-May 7, 1927 First for this familiar Latin idol and later famous conservationist. // Vitaphone #507

At The Church Festival (Wright & Louis? Silvers) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Dick Henderson)-© November 25, 1929 Includes "Love Her All the More" and "May Brown" // Vitaphone #3280

At The Front (John Ford) Technicolor-40m-(War Activities Committee Special)-March 18, 1943 Profile of the Allied campaign against the Germans in North Africa.

At The Party (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bud Harris & Frank Radcliffe)-© June 12, 1929 (filmed April) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Early black vaudevillian reel. Some humor hasn't aged well but all black entertainment on '20s film is interesting. // Vitaphone #783

At The Party (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Solly Ward)-© November 28, 1927 (filmed September) The "Foremost German Comedian" appears in a sketch "They Call It Dancing" // Vitaphone #2148

At The Races (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henaberry & Jack Henley) bw-10m7s-(Pepper Pot: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy)-July 21, 1934 (filmed December '33) Good comedy set at the race track with Bergen and dummy. // Vitaphone #1657

At The Round Table (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety)-October 5, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed May) James Corbett, Damon Runyan, Mark Hellinger and DeWolf Hopper have fun with journalist questions. // Vitaphone #1047

At The Seashore (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-18m19s-(Vitaphone Variety: Ethel Sinclair & Marge LaMarr)-© May 4, 1929 (filmed March) The Jazz Singer *DVD* Mildly humorous, if stagey, comedy with gals gossiping at the beach. // Vitaphone #753

At The Stroke Of Twelve (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco; music: Howard Jackson) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity)-November 25, 1941 The Great Lie *DVD* Adaptation of Damon Runyon's "The Old Doll House": A racketeer (Craig Stevens) depends on a recluse woman's (Elizabeth Risdon) testimony about his whereabouts at the time a fellow gangster is murdered. A nice surprise ending. (Reissue 2-11-49 and 5-28-55) // Vitaphone #595-596A

At Your Service (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety:)-© April 30, 1930 (filmed February) Mini-act with Jessie Royce Landis, William Halligan, George Blackwood & William Carey. A gun duel in a hotel room is constantly being interrupted by the staff. // Vitaphone #988

Atoms For Peace (Working Together) (---) bw-18m-(documentary)-February 1957 (filmed '56) Made for the US Information Agency // Vitaphone #2700A

The Attic Of Terror (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-9m-(Your True Adventure)-September 18, 1937 The famous radio announcer brings to life a dramatic story submitted about an amateur writer. According to Les Adams over on imdb.com, this particular short played with a Monogram feature Danger Patrol. Stars Chester Stratton, William Morrow & Julia Fasset // Vitaphone #38B

The Audition (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m17s-(Melody Master: Hannah Williams & The Three X Sisters)-July 8, 1933 (filmed October '32) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & The Mayor Of Hell *DVD* Phil Emerton and his band play tunes and accompany guest performers, including acrobatic tap dancers Larry & Larry. // Vitaphone #1494

Aunt Jemima "The Original Fun Flour Maker" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 18, 1927 (filmed May) Tess Gardella is accompanied by pianist Art Sorenson // Vitaphone #566

Auriole Craven, The Dancing Violinist (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© September 13, 1927 (filmed July) Starts with "If I Had Never Met You" // Vitaphone #2118

The Author (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Walter Weems)-© February 4, 1928 (filmed October '27) With Leo Sulkey in a producer's office. Weems gets completely carried away with his story pitch. // Vitaphone #2252

Ave Maria (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-4m-(Vitaphone Variety: Giovanni Martinelli & Frances Alda)-January 5, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed November '29) Holiday chorus // Vitaphone #943

Baa, Baa, Blacksheep (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-January 22, 1944 (F-'43) Profiles Montana sheep raising. // Vitaphone #1190A

Babe Egan And Her Hollywood Redheads (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-February 1930 Numbers include "What Do I Care?" // Vitaphone #997

Babe O'Mine (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m-(Pepper Pot)-July 23, 1932 (Film Daily review) Early cinéma vérité of a baby's day // Vitaphone #1424

The Baby Bandit (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bobby Watson & Anne Cornwall)-© June 11, 1930 (filmed January) A married convention-attendee gets caught up with a female crook. // Vitaphone #3758

Baby Face (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Victor Moore)-May 1931 The great bumbling comedy star pretends to be a mobster with store mannequins... until he meets a real gangster. // Vitaphone #1227

Baby Rose Marie The Child Wonder (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw-8m30s-(Vitaphone Variety: Rose Marie)-© June 12, 1929 The Jazz Singer *DVD* The future "Sally Rogers" of the Dick Van Dyke Show made three shorts for Warner Bros. as a rambunctious child star (sporting a Louise Brooks hairdo). She also appears in the 4th and 8th entries of Rambling 'Round Radio Row // Vitaphone #809

Babykins (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack or Al Ray) bw-17m-(Vitaphone Variety: Pee Wee Singer)-July 19, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed May) A midget enters a cute baby show // Vitaphone #1216

Back From Abroad (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: McKay And Ardine)-© March 9, 1929 (filmed January) Banter between "Mr" McKay and "Ms." Ardine // Vitaphone #708

The Backyard Broadcast (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-22m-(Broadway Brevity)-September 26, 1936 (previewed August 14) Major Edward "Bones" (Lloyd Barry) showcases an array of talented youngsters. // Vitaphone #2007-2008

Backyard Golf (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-April 22, 1944 Comedy sports reel // Vitaphone #1228A

A Bad Boy From A Good Family (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Phil Baker)-© March 12, 1929 (filmed January) Comedy and accordion // Vitaphone #724

The Bad, Bad Woman (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Dora Maughan & Walter Fehl)-© October 18, 1928 (filmed July) Highlight "After I Say I'm Sorry" // Vitaphone #2731

Bahama Sea Sports (A. Pam Blumenthal & André de la Varre: Van Campen Heilner; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-June 23, 1945 Spear fishing spotlighted. // Vitaphone #1346A

The Band Beautiful (---) bw-9m10s-(Vitaphone Variety: The Ingenues All-Girl Orchestra)-© June 30, 1928 (filmed March) The Jazz Singer *DVD* All-female bands were quite the novelty in the twenties. Violins, harps and banjos included along with a boppy "Chasing the Blues Away" // Vitaphone #2572

Bands Across The Sea (G.I. Jive) (narrator: Truman Bradley) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-June 2, 1945 Part documentary of band music with our boys. Includes soldiers impersonating various stars. // Vitaphone #1366A

Banjo Buddy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Harold Sandelman)-June 1927

The Ban-Jokester (---) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: Jack North)-© November 24, 1928 (filmed August) Banjo and comedy with the catch phrase "Catch on?" // Vitaphone #2756

Banjoland (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Eddie Peabody)-© June 2, 1928 (filmed March) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Duet with Jimmy Maisel // Vitaphone #2560

Banjomania (Bryan Foy) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Eddie Peabody)-© August 22, 1927 / Different than the later BANJOLAND but similar singing and multiple instruments. Reviewed by Film Daily 10-14-28. // Vitaphone #2103

Bannister's Bantering Babies (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Constance Bannister; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Technicolor Adventure)-December 4, 1948 A children's photographer shows his work. // Vitaphone #1739A

Barber Shop Ballads (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl; music: Howard Jackson) bw-18m-(Special w/ Cliff Edwards & others)-September 8, 1945 Musical documentary with some lifted footage. (Reissued 11-18-50) // Vitaphone #1360A

Barber Shop Blues (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Claude Hopkins, Orlando Roberson & Four Step Brothers)-© September 23, 1933 Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* A barber shop wins the lottery and hires the jazz band to perform. // Vitaphone #1551

The Barber Shop Chord (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Martie Martel)-© November 25, 1929 A musical barber shop comes alive with tunes like "A Fast Life and a Hot One" // Vitaphone #3640

The Bard Of Broadway (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery & Roy Mack) bw-14m-(Vitaphone Variety)-October 5, 1930 (Film Daily review) Four dorm girls get expelled for reading Walter Winchell instead of history. Later he helps them after “prohibition trouble”. Madge Evans is among the ladies. // Vitaphone #1091-1092

Barefoot Days (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: James Dunne?)-July 1930 Tale of Rex the dog put on trial for stealing chickens. // Vitaphone #1062

Barney Rapp And His New Englanders (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-© April 1, 1935 (filmed November '34) Bottle playing at a bar. Jack & June Blair with Ruby Wright included. // Vitaphone #1809

Bartch-A-Kalloop (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Steve Freda & Johnny Palace)-© February 10, 1928 (filmed October '27) Title tune is featured in this comedy-singing sketch. // Vitaphone #2271

Batter Up (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dan Donaldson) bw-10m-(Sports News Review)-April 9, 1949 (Completed '48) Baseball since the 1890s. // Vitaphone #1805A

Batter Up! (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(Penrod w/ Billy Hayes)-October 24, 1931 Also titled PLAY BALL. Penrod avoids adult supervision with a baseball game. (With Bobby Jordan, Bertie Mayors and Jackie Kelk) // Vitaphone #1287

A Battery Of Songs (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Waite Hoyt & J. Fred Coots)-© March 15, 1930 (filmed January) A songwriter and a ballplayer team up. Includes an apperaance by Mae Questel of Betty Boop/Olive Oyl fame. // Vitaphone #972

The Battle For The Marianas (US Gordon Hollinshead/US Office of War: music: William Lava) bw-20m-(War Activities Committee Special)-September 21, 1944 // Vitaphone #1289A

Battle Of Champs (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Edward E. Olson; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-January 18, 1947 (filmed May 1946) Unusual golf game is staged with a variety of equipment. Features Howard Hill, Lou Novikoff and Dick Muller // Vitaphone #1500A

Beach Days (André De La Varre & Saul Elkins; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-July 13, 1946 (filmed '45) Humorous look at human antics by the shore. // Vitaphone #1454A

Beachhead To Berlin (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: William Lava) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-December 16, 1944 (preview; general release January 6, 1945) Features impressive color footage of D-Day (well a few scenes) along with actors posing in recreated ship scenes. All told by the an officer at his typewriter. // Vitaphone #1307A

The Beast (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Irene Rich)-© February 18, 1928 (filmed November '27) A mini-drama in the tropics featuring "The Screen's Loveliuest Lady" with John Miljan and Barry Townly. // Vitaphone #2279

Beatrice Lillie And Her Boyfriends (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© May 15, 1930 (filmed January) Singing "The Masculine Complex" // Vitaphone #3863

Beau Night (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: El Brendel & Flo Bert)-© June 12, 1929 (filmed April) The Swedish comedy star gets soaked seeking his nightshirt in the rain. His first comedy was poorly received by Film daily. // Vitaphone #789

Beautiful Bali (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Deane H. Dickason; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-15m-(Technicolor Adventure)-© December 28, 1946 (filmed '45; general release: November 15, 1947) / Straightforward travelogue of the South Seas. // Vitaphone #1470A

Beauty And The Bull (Cedric Francis, producer; Larry Lansburgh; music: Howard Jackson & William Lava; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor-17m-(Warnercolor Special)-December 20, 1954 (*Academy Award Nominee*) / The beauty is Bette Ford, professional female bullfighter down Mexico way. (Reissued April '67) // Vitaphone #2454A

The Beauty Of Old Time Music (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Three Colonial Girls)-© November 8, 1927 (filmed July) Featuring Louise Klos, Anna Timmnr and Jeanette Rogers. // Vitaphone #2121

The Beauty Shop (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Mary Haynes)-© December 1, 1928 (filmed September) Comic monologue at a beauty salon. // Vitaphone #2762

Beauty Spots Of The World (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(World Adventures)-September 17, 1932 (Film Daily review) Includes the Blue Grotto, Amalfi, the Acropolis and others. Japan and India also shown. // Vitaphone #1435

A Bedroom Scandal (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Monty Banks)-February 1921

Bedtime (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Harry Hollingsworth & Nan Crawford)-© March 20, 1929 (filmed August '28) Sort of a fore-runner to radio's Bickersons with spouces bantering in the bedroom. // Vitaphone #2753

Bedtime Vaudeville (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Big Time Vaudeville)-January 30, 1937 (filmed January '36, held over a year) Acts: Eddie Grady / Joyce Haber & Budy Matthews / Wesley Catri / Dickie Monahan / Muriel Weber // Vitaphone #1925

Bees A'Buzzin' (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Roger Q. Denny; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Lou Marcelle) bw-8m-(Warner "Vitaphone" Variety)-September 18, 1943 (edited April '43) The life cycle of the honey bee is examined. Made with the association of the International Bees Producers Association. // Vitaphone #1125A

Before The Bar (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Frank Hurst & Eddie Vogt)-© September 7, 1929 (filmed July) Comedy tunes like "Stein Drinking Song" // Vitaphone #867

Behind The Big Top (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-November 27, 1943 Two children sneak into Barnum & Bailey's winter quarters in Florida. (Reissued 12-3-55) // Vitaphone #1176A

Behind The Lines (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m20s-(Vitaphone Variety: Elsie Janis)-October 5, 1926 The Jazz Singer *DVD* The pretty operatic star sings some wartime tunes with the 107th (Army?) present. // Vitaphone #339

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Believe It Or Not #1 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-9m-(Robert L. Ripley)-May 4, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed March) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* In a studio office setting, Ripley discusses and sketches interesting tidbits like a woman who jumps through cigarette paper and a Chinese boy named One Long Hop. // Vitaphone #1005

Believe It Or Not #2 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-8m-(Robert L. Ripley)-© June 11, 1930 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Robert opens his mail and finds lots of unique addresses. Later, he is put on a mock-trail to prove more believe it or not oddities. // Vitaphone #1038

Believe It Or Not #3 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-9m-(Robert L. Ripley)-August 31, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed June) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Robert is aboard a ship impressing the passengers, including films and sketches of such oddities as a father to 888 children and proving that a fellow passenger can grow seven inches before their eyes. // Vitaphone #1053

Believe It Or Not #4 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-8m-(Robert L. Ripley)-September 5, 1930 (filmed July) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Nice retro entry set on a television set of the future. Highlights include the longest word in the world, the rifle fish, a blind house constructor, 22-inch fingernails on a Chinese man and professional billiard artist Carl Vaughan. // Vitaphone #1067

Believe It Or Not #5 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-8m-(Robert L. Ripley)-September 12, 1930 (filmed July) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Highlight: a man who hadn't slept in 78 years. Rest involves Ripley amusing a hunting lodge party and raising money for the milk fund. Brief mention of Kasper Hauser (subject of a great 1974 Werner Herzog film). // Vitaphone #1093

Believe It Or Not #6 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-8m-(Robert L. Ripley)-© November 5, 1930 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Profiles of unusual athletic feats, a boy with clock eyes and a blind monk. // Vitaphone #1109

Believe It Or Not #7 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-8m-(Robert L. Ripley)-© January 5, 1931 (filmed November '30) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Includes the world's most decorated soldier, a one-armed paperhanger and a bearded widow. // Vitaphone #1148

Believe It Or Not #8 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-8m-(Robert L. Ripley)-© February 20, 1931 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* From his library, Ripley discusses a chair made of growing trees, the world's narrowest street, a city where people live in wine casks and a bungalow with 144 rooms. // Vitaphone #1172

Believe It Or Not #9 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)-May 2, 1931 (filmed March) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Includes a mitten wearing piano player, a six month old with a full set of teeth, the largest chair in the world and a ball of string 140 miles long. // Vitaphone #1189

Believe It Or Not #10 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)-July 5, 1931 (filmed March) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Features a human lamppost, a dog with its own charge account, a six-year old weight-lifter and a match carved with 25 links. // Vitaphone #1197

Believe It Or Not #11 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)- July 12, 1931 (filmed May) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Novelties include a horse with a picture of Abe Lincoln on its side, a house made of bottles, a farmer who can lift a 600 pound bull and a father and son body contortion act. // Vitaphone #1211

Believe It Or Not #12 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)-November 4, 1931 (filmed August) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* A travelogue through North Africa to see a village built of tin cans, haystack houses and a jail for nagging wives. // Vitaphone #1267

Believe It Or Not #2-1 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Robert L. Ripley)-November 5, 1931 (filmed September) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Part travelogue of North Africa and Middle East (Algeria / Egypt / Morocco mostly). Highlights include women's ware and one lady whose eyes were padlocked for a month. // Vitaphone #1282

Believe It Or Not #2-2 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)-December 3, 1931 (filmed October) Ripley's Believe It Or Not *DVD* Includes smallest book (fits on Robert's knuckle), giant bureau and typewriter, Indian face mountain in Wisconsin and Mr. Pitman's hedge "pets". // Vitaphone #1294

Believe It Or Not #2-3 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)-December 1931 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Highlight is a four-footed duck. Also a haystack church, a 128-year old former slave and unusual cemeteries. // Vitaphone #1304

Believe It Or Not #2-4 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)-January 2, 1932 (filmed December '31) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Little Billy Hayes doesn't do his homework and falls asleep behind mom's back. He is soon off to "Believe It Or Not" Land, full of oversized books and meets Ripley and his spooky fishies, along with a feline with a serious nicotine addiction. // Vitaphone #1320

Believe It Or Not #2-5 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)-March 20, 1932 (Film Daily review) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Gruesome entry with a shrunken head, an iron execution chamber and more light-hearted material like an armless expert sharpshooter and driver. // Vitaphone #1336

Believe It Or Not #2-6 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)-March 13, 1932 (Film Daily review) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Features a merry-go-round restaurant with revolving counters and rare footage of a sand spider attacking a lizard. // Vitaphone #1346

Believe It Or Not #2-7 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding; story: Leo Donnelly) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)-February 1932 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* A fun little reel with Robert entertaining on a cruise ship. He starts with drawings covering the derivation of the word "fathom" and Christopher Columbus. The audience claps in enthusiasm. Then we get the movies within a movie… including a shot of miners underground clapping as they watch a movie within a movie shown in this movie. The really fun stuff covers Morocco and Egypt including a snake charmer. // Vitaphone #1361

Believe It Or Not #2-8 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding; story: Leo Donnelly) bw-8m-(Robert L. Ripley)-February 1932 (Film Daily review 7-9) Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Includes very young parents and a 17-year grandparent, as well as a tea kettle that's been boiling for 60 years. // Vitaphone #1362

Believe It Or Not #2-9 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding; story: Leo Donnelly) bw-9m-(Robert L. Ripley)-© April 23, 1932 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Includes pyramids of salt in Spain and ancient Chinese rifles. This is a weaker entry in the series but it opens with some nice 1932 shots of NYC (covering a horseman directing trolleys and a cigarette butt collector… ew!) and closes with circus elephants getting their toe nails done. // Vitaphone #1363

Believe It Or Not #2-10 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding; story: Leo Donnelly) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)-© April 23, 1932 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Shows the origin of some golf bunkers dating back to Civil War trenches and an Indian who paints landscapes upside down. // Vitaphone #1364

Believe It Or Not #2-11 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding; story: Leo Donnelly) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)-June 1932 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Includes churchgoers who use rowboats during service, a duck who teaches chickens how to swim, duckbill platypus and a horse with eight hoofs. // Vitaphone #1412

Believe It Or Not #2-12 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding; story: Leo Donnelly) bw-7m-(Robert L. Ripley)-July 1932 Ripley’s Believe It Or Not *DVD* Covers the South Seas and the Orient. Includes Philipines "movable" houses and Japanese roosters with long tails. // Vitaphone #1427

Bell And Coates, The California Songbirds, In "A Singing Act" (---) bw-14m-(Vitaphone Variety)-September 2, 1928 (Film Daily review; filmed July) Features "There Ought to Be a Law Against That" // Vitaphone #2697

Bell Science Series: technically NOT “short subjects” but TV specials running just under an hour that were produced by Warner’s short subject department and… well… I couldn’t resist including them here. Frank Capra independently produced the first four Bell Science programs: Our Mr. Sun (November 11, 1956 with UPA and director William Hurtz producing animation), Hemo The Magnificent (March 20, 1957 with James "Shamus" Culhane Animation, as with subsequent Capra-produced shows), The Strange Case Of The Cosmic Rays (October 25, 1957) and The Unchained Goddess (February 12, 1958). Warner Bros. (along with its in-house cartoon studio) took over for the next four. All of these featured Frank Baxter, a talented radio speaker (in shows like The CBS Radio Workshop... check out "Joe Miller's Jokebook"), starring as "Mr. Research". All in Warnercolor and running 52-54 minutes in length… so more “feature” than short (since the official cut-off is 45 minutes).

• Gateway To The Mind (Owen Crump; story: Henry F. Greenberg; animation-direction: Chuck Jones & Maurice Noble) October 23, 1958 / Set in a "typical movie studio" covering man's senses of sight, touch, hearing, etc. This is generally regarded as the best of all Bell Science shows with excellent production values and a music score to match.

• The Alphabet Conspiracy (Owen Crump & Robert Sinclair; animation-direction: Friz Freleng & Hawley Pratt) / January 26, 1959 / Features outlandish sets (giant books included) with Hans Conrad playing the Mad Hatter and an “Alice” schoolgirl named Judy (Cheryl Callaway) studying human speech with Mr. Baxter. Shorty Rogers, Stanley Adams and Dolores Starr are also featured.

• The Thread Of Life (Owen Crump & Robert Sinclair; story: Rowland Barber; animation-direction: Robert McKimson) / December 9, 1960 / Less animation here but a nicely offbeat set-up with Baxter talking to “TV heads” of people… in black & white monitors as if “live”. The discussion is heredity and DNA.

• About Time (Owen Crump; story: Leon Salkin, Richard Hobson & Nancy Pitt; science adviser: Richard P. Feynman; animation-direction: Phil Monroe, Maurice Noble, Richard Ung & Robert Singer) February 5, 1962 / Arguably the funniest and most entertaining entry with the King of Planet Q (Les Tremayne) and his fussy assistant (Richard Deacon) demanding that Dr. Baxter set his clock… and we all learn about "time" both on Earth and in gravity-less outer-space.

Below The Rio Grande (Carl Dudley; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Warnercolor-9m-(Stereophonic Special)-April 1, 1954 (filmed '53) Special updated (with fifties technology) tour of Mexico. // Vitaphone #2386A

Ben Bernie And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© May 16, 1930 (filmed December '29) Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / Bandstand with comedy scenes. Includes Clayton, Jackson and (Jimmy) Durante and singers Pat Kennedy and Frances McCoy. // Vitaphone #958

Ben Pollack & His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-© October 4, 1934 (filmed March) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Singer Doris Robbins sings with the band in this conventional (but quite well-made) Melody Master. // Vitaphone #1696

Ben Pollack And His Park Central Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© September 14, 1929 (filmed July) Supposedly with Benny Goodman And Jack Teagarden. Tunes "Memories", "My Kinda Love" and "Song of the Islands" // Vitaphone #872

Beneath The Sea (B.F. Zeidman, producer; Stacy Woodard) bw-10m-(Pepper Pot)-April 11, 1936 Undersea documentary featuring jellyfish, sharks and octopus. Also a fish developing from an embryo. // Vitaphone #1957

The Benefit (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Joe Frisco)-February 2, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed November '29) Joe Frisco imitates Helen Morgan for a benefit performance. // Vitaphone #939

Beniamino Gigli And Giuseppe De Luca In "The Pearl Fishers" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 15, 1928 (filmed April '27) Dressed in oriental costume // Vitaphone #518

Beniamino Gigli Of The Metropolitan Opera Company (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© May 6, 1927 Singing "Mirame Asi", "O Solo Mio" and other favorites with Vito Carnevali at piano. // Vitaphone #498

Beniamino Gigli Singing Selections From Act 2 Of The Opera La Gioconda (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© June 29, 1927 // Vitaphone #517

Beniamino Gigli, Assisted By M. Picco And Minna Egener And The Metropolitan Opera Chorus (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-February 3, 1927 (filmed January) Highlights from Mascagni's CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA. Shown with the Feature WHEN A MAN LOVES. // Vitaphone #414

The Bennett Twins (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 9, 1927 Featuring Kathryn and Gladys singing in the parlor suchnovelties as "Crazy Words Crazy Tunes" // Vitaphone #476

Benny Meroff And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-© December 20, 1937 A piccolo player is mistaken for the taxman in this comedy-musical with Jackie Marshall and Florence Gast in support. // Vitaphone #87B

Berlin Today (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Newman World Adventures)-August 31, 1932 (Film Daily review; edited February) Spotlight on police dog training. // Vitaphone #1357

Bernardo DePace "Wizard Of The Mandolin" (Mandolin Virtuoso) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m23s-(Vitaphone Variety)-April 4, 1927 (filmed February) The Jazz Singer *DVD* Dressed in a clown outfit and playing some tunes familiar to cartoon fans. // Vitaphone #443

Bernie Cummins And His Biltmore Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 10, 1929 (filmed February) Featuring "Come On Baby" at the bandstand // Vitaphone #752

Bert Fiske (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-1927 (unknown release)

Bert Hanlon With Doris Canfield (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-August 1928 Yiddish comedy and song "The Fly" // Vitaphone #2747

Bert Lewis "Broadway's Comedian" #472 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 9, 1927 Accompanied by Jack Carroll at piano. Songs and monogue. #472 includes tune "If My Baby Cooks As Good as She Looks". // Vitaphone #472

Bert Lewis "Broadway's Comedian" #473 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 9, 1927 Features tune "Oh Baby Don't We Get Along" // Vitaphone #473

Better Than Gold (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Fifi D'Orsay)-June 8, 1935 (filmed February) The nation of Balcania pauys its debt to the US in... pretty women. (With George Watts, Herb Warren & the Troubadors) // Vitaphone #1841-1842

Between The Acts Of Opera (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-11m20s-(Vitaphone Variety: Willie & Eugene Howard)-October 5, 1926 (filmed August) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Comic banter about the opera shown with stuffier shorts initially shown before THE BETTER 'OLE. // Vitaphone #349

Between The Lines (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-22m-(Broadway Brevity: Bernice Claire, Rodney McLennan, Arline & Ed Kinlay, George Dobbs & the Commanders)-February 8, 1936 Two illustrated magazine stories set in different eras come to life. Romance blooms across the years. // Vitaphone #1909-1910

Beyond The Line Of Duty (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Lewis Seiler & Edwin Gilbert; music: Howard Jackson & William Lava; narrator: Ronald Reagan) bw-24m-(Broadway Brevity)-November 7, 1942 (*Academy Award Winner*) Yankee Doodle Dandy *DVD* Follows Hewitt T. "Shorty" Wheless from Air Force training to his success in combat. Despite being filmed in black and white, this is a polished Grade A production. Ronald Reagan narrates. // Vitaphone #1064-1065A

Biff And Bang Fisticuffs Funsters (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 18, 1927 (filmed May) Boxing match comedy sketch "Winner By A Nose" with Ivan Falkenstein, Milton Weiss and Eddie Lewis. // Vitaphone #574

Big Bill Tilden (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Del Frazier; music: William Lava; narrator: John Deering) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-May 24, 1941 (filmed January '41) Tennis reel with the master // Vitaphone #214A

Big City Fantasy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: John Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Phil Spitalny)-April 14, 1934 (filmed October '33) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* A woman experiences many musical cultures in New York. An interesting "travelogue" of song numbers. // Vitaphone #1635

The Big Deal (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-June 1930 All star ensemble: Harry Holman, Franklin Pangborn, Billy Gilbert, Gertrude Astor & Geneva Mitchell. Romance between a poor suitor and the daughter of a wealthy businessman. // Vitaphone #4230

The Big House Party (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Earl Carpenter)-September 27, 1931 (Film Daily review) Convicts play musical baseball and other hijinks. Later we learn this is all a show with actors. // Vitaphone #1268

Big John (Art Mayer Motion Picture Prod.) color-9m-(Special)- February 8, 1969 // Vitaphone #3425A

Big Money (Bryan Foy) bw-14m-(The Potters w/ Lucien Littlefield)-May 4, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed March) Pa's attempt to make money in another couple's divorce causes trouble with the wife who threatens him with divorce. // Vitaphone #4009-4010

The Big Paraders (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© August 20, 1929 (filmed June) Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / Featuring Charlotte Conrad, Tiny & Jack Waites, Elsie Thiel, Edna Howard & Ben Wise. The word "big" is a suggestion to body size here. Film Daily considered this run-of-the-mill. // Vitaphone #840

Big Time Revue (Gordon Hollingshead; music: William Lava) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-January 25, 1947 (Completed '46) Showcases Vitaphone footage dating to the twenties. Follow-up is VAUDEVILLE REVUE. // Vitaphone #1466A

Bigger And Better (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Fanny & Kitty Watson)-© December 23, 1929 (filmed October) As the title suggests: this singing duo has no concern about "hour glass" figures. // Vitaphone #925

The Bigger They Are (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety: Primo Carnera & Little Billy)-June 28, 1931 (Film Daily review) Tramp and midget get involved in a boxing gig // Vitaphone #1246-1247

Bikes And Skis (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Sam Balter) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-February 10, 1945 (© December 28, 1944) A visit to Cypress Gardens, Florida. // Vitaphone #1301A

The Bill Of Rights (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Crane Wilbur; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-21m-(Technicolor Special)-August 19, 1939 Ted Osborne plays James Madison and Vernon Steele is Thomas Jefferson in this recreation of Williamsburgh Virginia in the 1770s. (Also Moroni Olsen and Leonard Mudie.) // Vitaphone #9300-9301

Billy & Elsa Newell, Those Hot Tamales (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-April 30, 1928 Guitar tunes in a Spanish garden // Vitaphone #2296

Billy Hill (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-© April 8, 1935 (filmed September '34) The songwriter of "The Last Roundup" revisits an old ranch. // Vitaphone #1781

Billy Jones & Ernie Hare, The Happiness Boys #536 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-June 29, 1927 With the Vitaphone Symphony // Vitaphone #536

Billy Jones & Ernie Hare, The Happiness Boys #537 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-June 29, 1927 Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Stiff but amusing vaudeville routine of jokes and song. Opens with "How Do You Do?" and ends with "Goodbye". // Vitaphone #537

A Bird In The Hand (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Ann Codee & Frank Orth)-© April 30, 1929 (filmed February) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* A daffy lady is feeding invisible pigeons and confusing her fellow bench sitter to no end. German version #757 // Vitaphone #757

The Birds And The Beasts Were There (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-December 30, 1944 (filmed '44) Florida travelogue spotlighting Monkey & Parrot Jungles of Miami. // Vitaphone #1288A

Birthplace Of Hockey (Douglas Sinclair; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-February 28, 1953 (Completed '52) Travelogue of wintertime Canada. // Vitaphone #2176A

A Bit Of Scotch (---) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: Kitty Doner)-© August 27, 1928 She spoofs a Scotch-MAN. // Vitaphone #2668

A Bit Of The Best (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw-10m-(Warner Novelty)-© December 25, 1954 Profiles Warner's top star of the '20's: Rin Tin Tin. // Vitaphone #2436A

The Bitter Wife (Our Wife) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Al Ray) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Frank Orth & Ann Codee)-June 1931 A sideshow star is thought by his wife to be dead and his decade later return to her prompts a struggle with her new husband. (With Dudley Clements, Florence Vernon, Lew Christy & Mabel Ash) // Vitaphone #1241

Black Fury (Ted & Vincent Saizis; music: Howard Jackson & William Lava; narrator: John Brown & Marvin Miller) Warnercolor-32m-(Featurette)-September 9, 1953 Profile of David Da Lie, naturalist and vet in wild Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia. // Vitaphone #2304A

The Black Network (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Nina Mae McKinney & Nicholas Brothers)-April 4, 1936 (previewed April 1) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & Hallelujah! *DVD* It's a shame that the only way black artists could perform on screen in those segregated times was in "all black" films without any serious "white" interaction. This entertaining comedy involves a radio station and a Prima Donna (the sponsor's wife) trying to hog the limelight, but Nina Mae McKinney becomes the much-wanted singer who wins out in the end. // Vitaphone #1944-1945

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Blanche Ring (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-April 1929 With Charles Rand at piano an Cyril Ring. Includes her biggest hits like "I've Got Rings On My Fingers" // Vitaphone #806

Blaze Busters (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist) sepiatone-9m-(Warner Novelty)-December 30, 1950 (*Academy Award Nominee*) * One of Youngson's most famous newsreel-compilation shorts, profiling firefighters in action. // Vitaphone #2011A

The Blonde Bomber (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Joe Palooka w/ Robert Norton & Shemp Howard)-November 28, 1936 Antics selling watches in the steet and later check-trouble in a restaurant. (Also in cast: Lee Weber, Harry Gribbon, Mary Doran and Johnny Berks.) // Vitaphone #2058-2059

Blondes That Gentlemen Prefer (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety: Neal Sisters)-February 24, 1929 (Film Daily review; filmed January) This trio belts out familiars like "Doin' the Raccoon". Judged "not so hot" by Film Daily. // Vitaphone #719

Blossom Seeley The Queen Of Syncopation Assisted By Benny Fields (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m38s-(Vitaphone Variety)-© July 11, 1927 (filmed May) The Jazz Singer *DVD* This talented vaudeville singer appeared in a few features later. A well-received favorite from the early Vitaphone era. With the Music Boxes Chas Bourne and Phil Ellis on piano. // Vitaphone #548

The Blue And The Gray (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: John B. Kennedy) bw-11m2s-(See America First)-March 2, 1935 (Completed '34) Civil War monuments are profiled, along with newsreel footage of veteran parades. // Vitaphone #1744

Blue Baron And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-August 27, 1938 Subtitled "with Harris, Claire and Shannon" (also Russ Carlyle) // Vitaphone #135B

The Blue Danube (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; script: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor / CinemaScope-17m-(Scope Gem)-June 1, 1957 CinemaScope German tour. (Reissued February '67) // Vitaphone #2738A

The Blue Ridgers With Cordelia Mayberry (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© June 12, 1929 (filmed April) Group consists of Sam Morley, Jim & Pete Holy, Dan & Cordelia Mayberry in a mountain cabin with harmonica included. // Vitaphone #795

Bluenose Schooner (National Film Board of Canada: Eduard Buckman & Douglas Sinclair; music: Rex Dunn) Technicolor-20m-(Sports Parade)-August 4, 1944 (US release, Canadian release December 1943) Canadian import re-edited a little for Warner release. Following a Nova Scotia fishing fleet. // Vitaphone #1259A

Boarder Trouble (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-20m-(Broadway Headliner w/ Harry Gribbon, Eddie Green & others)-December 17, 1938 // Vitaphone #173-174B

Bob MacGregor, Radio's Scotch Comedian (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 22, 1927 (filmed June) With Elspeth Brownwell at piano. // Vitaphone #617

Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Le Roy Prinz) bw-11m-(Melody Master)-September 2, 1944 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* OK western swing biography featuring some of their less boppy numbers. (Reissued 2-11-50) // Vitaphone #1256A

Bob Witt And Cy Berg (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Vitaphone Symphony)-April 1926 (test preview) // Vitaphone #131

The Body Slam (---) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Eddie Lambert & William Irving)-© June 11, 1930 (filmed April) Mild wrestling comedy. // Vitaphone #4123

Bolivia- The Last Frontier (Hamilton Wright; narrator: Andre Baruch) color-18m-(Worldwide Adventure)-August 1966 // Vitaphone #3275A

The Bolted Door (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-18m-(Your True Adventure)-© December 10, 1937 Mother must rescue baby in a water-filled tub, but will the door stay jammed? Diana Datlow stars. // Vitaphone #42B

The Boob And His Harmonica (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Britt Wood)-© October 17, 1927 (filmed August) Includes "Swanee River" // Vitaphone #2129

The Book Worm (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Harry Conley, Ethel De Voe & Duncan Harris)-January 4, 1928 (filmed December '27) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* A bookstore dlivery man is seduced by a siren… or so he imagines. // Vitaphone #2273

Boom Days (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: John B. Kennedy) bw-9m-(See America First)-June 23, 1935 (Completed '34) // Vitaphone #1749

The Border Patrol (---) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety)-August 1930 (Film Daily review 1-25-31) Western comedy with Joe Frisco, Dorothy Knapp, Eddie Graham & Theodore Lorch // Vitaphone #4426-4427

Born And Lawrence The Country Gentlemen (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jack Born & Elmer Lawrence)-© January 28, 1929 (filmed December '28) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Vaudeville comedy routine with harmonica music // Vitaphone #2885

Born To Ski (Cedric Francis, producer; John Roberts & Clayton Ballou; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-January 16, 1954 (filmed '53) Profile of Andrea Mead Lawrence // Vitaphone #2337A

Borrah Minevitch And His Harmonica Rascals (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-© October 28, 1935 (filmed June '33) Earliest short featuring this energenic harmonica band. Release held up for two years. // Vitaphone #1567

Borrah Minevitch And His Harmonica Rascals (#2) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-July 6, 1935 (filmed January) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* The harmonica band is offered a radio gig... by their landlord seeking the rent. Their imaginations take them to various settings, including Spain with a sexy dancer flirting with the shortest player. There are three shorts featuring this famous comedy group band; the first is rarely seen and the 1942 title sticks mostly to the music without any "story" or real comedy. That one is also enjoyable, but this second film is certainly the best... among the most satisfying Melody Masters of the mid-thirties. // Vitaphone #1827

Borrah Minevitch And His Harmonica School (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-December 26, 1942 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & Desperate Journey *DVD* Above average Melody Master with clever camera angles and the band's harmonica-playing at its best. This one does not feature a storyline like their second (1935) short. It is interesting to note that this was one of the few multi-racial groups appearing in films in the thirties and forties. (Reissued 12-6-47 and 4/56) // Vitaphone #1061A

Boston Tea Party (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: John B. Kennedy) bw-11m-(See America First)-August 28, 1934 (Washington DC preview; wide release November 17) This season, the E.M. Newman Travelogues spotlight periods of US history and the landmark locations. This one covers the Revolutionary War period. // Vitaphone #1739

A Boy And His Dog (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Le Roy Prinz & Saul Elkins; music: William Lava) Technicolor-21m-(Technicolor Special: Harry Davenport, Billy Shefield, Russell Simpson & Dorothy Adams)-December 24, 1946 (preview; general release: April 26, 1947) (*Academy Award Winner*) Technicolor drama set in a rural town of the last century, with a boy rescuing an injured hound from his brutal master. // Vitaphone #1556A

Branding Irons (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Wayne Davis; narrator: Gayne Whitman) Technicolor-9m-(Technicolor Adventure)-August 16, 1947 / Covers famous irons of the Mormans & King Ranch, Texas. // Vitaphone #1590A

Breakwater (---) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-August 1932 Pantomime drama of a young girl surviving the city. // Vitaphone #5401

A Breeze From The South (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Gilbert Wells)-© December 1, 1928 (filmed July) Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / Blues tunes "Trustful Joe", "International Dan" and "Jubilee Blues" // Vitaphone #2735

Bridal Night (---) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Johnny Arthur & Charlotte Merriam)-September 14, 1930 (Film Daily review; © May 15) Newlyweds at a haunted house // Vitaphone #4035

Bride And Gloom (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Monty Banks)-June 1921

Bright Moments (---) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Jack Benny & Sayde Marks)-© July 30, 1928 (filmed May) (LOST) Although his early Paramount shorts survive, the greatest comedian of the 20th century's very first film (fresh out of vaudeville and before anybody in radio or Hollywood knew who he was) is one of the great Lost Wonders everybody has been searching vaults and attics for. Film Daily (9-2-28) labeled this “high grade” entertainment with a pianist walking out on Benny and his violinin coming in… along with a comic monologue about a cutie he met. A lady singer Marie Marlo (Marie Marsh) interferes with a story rather than a song. // Vitaphone #2597

Bright Sayings (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-May 1930 Starring Rob Le May, Harry Tighe & Irene Shirley. One little boy pays the rent when each cute saying gets published in the newspaper... until he stops. // Vitaphone #1048

Bring On The Girls (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-11m-(Big Time Vaudeville: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy)-March 6, 1937 (filmed February) / Sitting in a theater box, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy make comments between the acts of a vaudeville show which includes Jerry Goff & Jack Kerr, Torelli's Circus animals and Alice Murphy's Quintuplets. // Vitaphone #2079

Broadway Ballyhoo (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-21m-(Broadway Brevity)-December 28, 1935 Tour-guides lecture others on key NYC nightclubs and various performers are featured. Features Owen, Hunt & Parco, the Eight Ambassadors and Art Frank. // Vitaphone #1915-1916

The Broadway Buckaroo (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Red Skelton)-June 21, 1939 Red builds a dude ranch on Broadway. Supporting cast: the Condos Brothers, Maidie & Ray, Edna Stillwell, Hank Lawson & his Texans // Vitaphone #222-223B

The Broadway Minstrel (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Sam Coslow & June Clyde)-© January 28, 1929 (filmed November '28) Includes his own "The Show Is Over" // Vitaphone #2659

Broadway's Like That (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley & Murray Roth) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: Ruth Etting)-© March 15, 1930 (filmed December '29) Joan Blondell and Humphrey Bogart appear in this musical short (!) Also Mary Philips. Romantic entanglements here at a New Years party. // Vitaphone #960

The Bubble Party (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 30, 1930 (filmed January) Featuring Frank Allworth, Janet Velie, Margaret Knight & Don Dilloway. Antics of a "bubble" part in the 1890s. // Vitaphone #967

Bubbles (Roy Mack) bw (originally 2-color Technicolor)-7m5s-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety: The Vitaphone Kiddies & The Gumm Sisters)-January 1930 Meet Me In St. Louis (2-disc) & Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* One of the surviving early appearances of Judy Garland (as a Gum sister), although the one print in circulation is in black and white. The sets are very stylized, if confined to a stage. // Vitaphone #3898

Buddy Cooper And Sammy Stept, Song Hit Writers (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© December 8, 1927 (filmed October) These hits include "Beside a Lazy Stream", "High Life" and "No One But My Tootsie". Revewed by Film Daily 9-15-28. // Vitaphone #2159

Buddy Doyle, Popular Black Faced Comedian #441 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 4, 1927 (filmed February) Starts with "Hello Bluebird" // Vitaphone #441

Buddy Doyle, Popular Black Faced Comedian #442 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 4, 1927 (filmed February) Starts with "Georgianna" // Vitaphone #442

The Build Up (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Jack Haley)-January 19, 1933 (Film Daily review; F- July ‘32) A wimpy guy fails to save somebody at a beach. Later he succeeds... with a girl who gets him in trouble. (With Helen Lynd, Don Rowan & Ed Jerome) // Vitaphone #1444-1445

Built For Speed (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Robert Adams; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-June 5, 1948 (Completed August '47) Technicolor views of midget auto racing. // Vitaphone #1628A

Business Is A Pleasure (Eddie Cline) Technicolor (2-color)-18m-(Technicolor Special: Teddy Joyce, Betty Grable, Hobart Cavanaugh & Robert Agnew)-© March 17, 1934 (filmed October '33) // Vitaphone #1603-1604

Buzzin' Around (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding; writer: Jack Henley) bw-20m-(Big V Comedy: Fatty Arbuckle & Al St. John, Dan Coleman, Alice May Tick, Tom Smith & Al Ochs)-© February 4, 1933 (filmed November '32) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* One of Fatty's better comedies from his final years, with him as a porcelain glue inventor confonting a beehive in his truck, a football court and pharmacy. Al St. John spends much of his time slightly drunk with a pooch resembling Pete the Pup of "Our Gang". // Vitaphone #1509-1510

By Request (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack & Orlando Robeson) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Claude Hopkins)-October 18, 1935 (Film Daily review; wide release: November 9, filmed June) Tip, Tap & Toe are also featured in this Harlem nightclub setting. // Vitaphone #1880

By The Campfire (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Xavier Cugat & Company)-© May 19, 1928 (filmed March) Featuring his Melodious Gypsies at a gypsy camp. // Vitaphone #2540

Bye-Gones (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Ruth Etting)-© January 14, 1933 (filmed November '32) A singer's life story is presented in musical form from western saloon to world war. (With Frank McNellis, David Burns, Eddie Ryan, Ruth Pine's Tiny Tots & Embassy Boys) // Vitaphone #1501-1502

A Cabinet Meeting (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Radio Ramblers)-© April 13, 1934 (filmed November '33) The star impersonators hide in a radio when the husband of a lady they're romancing comes home unxpectedly. (Wih Janet Rathbun and Dudley Clements) // Vitaphone #1640

Calgary Stampede (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Saul Elkins & Herman Boxer; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-May 29, 1948 (*Academy Award Nominee*) The Adventures Of Don Juan (Greatest Classic Legends Errol Flynn) *DVD* Calgary, Alberta has its Stampede Week (July 1947) with rodeo and Native American dances. Highlight is a stagecoach race. // Vitaphone #1686A

California Collegians (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-April 1927 (released?) // Vitaphone #500

California Junior Symphony Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Jack Horner & Peter Meremblum)-April 18, 1942 Profiles a childrens orchestra. (Reissued 5-24-54) // Vitaphone #896-897A

California Thoroughbreds (Del Frazier; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Wendell Niles) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-© December 22, 1940 (filmed October) Race horse reel // Vitaphone #9936

California, Here We Are (music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-December 18, 1944 Scenic travelogue // Vitaphone #1287A

Calling All Girls (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Lloyd Bacon; narrator: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson) bw-19m-(Broadway Brevity / Warner Special)-January 24, 1942 (C- December '41) The Big Street *DVD* Docudrama about ladies being cast for musicals with past Busby Berkeley material edited in. (Reissued 11-26-49) // Vitaphone #655 & 658A

Calling All Kids (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Joe Palooka w/ Robert Norton, Beverly Phalon & Johnny Berkes)-November 20, 1937 Joe goes on the radio to denounce his advertisers using his name for gum and cigars. // Vitaphone #25-26B

Calling All Tars (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Bob Hope & John Berkes w/ Oscar Ragland)-March 25, 1936 Critics' Choice *DVD* Two buddies pose as sailors to pick up girlfriends. They are mistaken for the real thing and are drafted. // Vitaphone #1941-1942

Camera Angles (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Gene Lester; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Technicolor Adventure)-© December 15, 1948 (Completed October '47) Profiles the art of magazine cover photography. Includes cameos by Barbara Bates, Jack Carson, Sonia Henie, Hedy Lamarr & Alexis Smith. // Vitaphone #1654A

Camera Hunting (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist & Dan Donaldson) bw-19m-(Classics of the Screen)-November 20, 1954 Four sequences of unusual subject matter: the tropical wilderness of the Florida Everglades; an exhibition of mechanical dolls made by Swiss watchmakers; the ruins of an ancient Indian civilization in Arizona; and scenes of the life and work of Thomas Edison. // Vitaphone #2438A

Camera Hunting (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Paul Douglas) bw-11m-(Our Own U.S.)-October 18, 1935 (Film Daily review; wide release November 2) Animal odds and ends in America: beavers working, trained ducks, a cat and monkey relationship. Also Seminoles hunting alligator. // Vitaphone #1856

The Camera Speaks (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Billy Bitzer) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-August 11, 1934 (filmed September '33) Lady Killer & Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* A studio watchman views footage of silent stars. Clips: JOHN BARLEYCORN (Bosworth 1914) / NYC fireman's parade 1906 / Gloria Swanson & Bobby Vernon in THE NICK OF TIME BABY (Sennett-Triangle 1916) / Charles Ray & Dorothy Dalton in THE WEAKER SEX (Kay-Bee-Triangle 1916)? / Louise Glaum in THE WOLF WOMAN (Kay-Bee-Triangle 1916) / William Jennings Bryan at Union Square 1912 // Vitaphone #1600

Campus Capers (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Collegiate Four)-© February 4, 1928 (filmed October '27) Selection in a dorm room includes Donaldson-Kahn's "Sing Me a Baby Song" // Vitaphone #2249

Campus Cinderella (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Noel M. Smith) Technicolor-18m24s-(Technicolor Special: Penny Singleton, Johnnie Davis, Anthony Averill & Oscar O'Shea)-September 17, 1938 Bringing Up Baby (2-disc) *DVD* Silly, but entertaining, campus comedy with a great athlete from a rival college being persuaded to help win a game and "get the girl". // Vitaphone #8809-8810

The Campus Mystery (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-21m-(S.S. Van Dine w/ Donald Meek & John Hamilton)-July 2, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed March) / Harriet Hiliard co-stars in this "who-bumped-off-the-dean?" saga // Vitaphone #1397-1398

Campus Spirit (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Douglas Stanbury & NYU Glee Club)-April 24, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed February) Highlighted by a montage of parade shots over "I Love a Parade" // Vitaphone #1350

Can It Be Done? (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-11m-(Pepper Pot: Ray Gross, Charles Laurance, Loretta Sayers & Elliot Fisher)-November 29, 1935 (Film Daily review; filmed August) An inventer tests new discoveries in a dream in which he's rich. // Vitaphone #1887

Can You Imagine? (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: ed: co-d: Ira Genet; narrator: Ray Saunders) bw-10m-(Our Own U.S.)-July 13, 1936 (Completed '35) Part "Believe It Or Not" and partly inspired by Universal's "Strange Than Fiction" series, this spotlights various odds and ends like Milwaukee's Monkey Island; a juvenile lion-wrestler, a town cryer in Provincetown MA, etc. // Vitaphone #1864

Cancer Fund Film Notables Attending Glittering Benefits (---) bw-10m-(promotional)-September 1951

The Candid Kid (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Presentation Revue: Phil Silvers, Josephine Houston & The Gae Foster Girls)-February 12, 1938 The Golddiggers In Paris *DVD* The Candid Camera Club expects candid snapshots and a singer must gets some of herself. // Vitaphone #98-99B

The Cannibal Isles (In The Cannibal Island) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman & Bert Frank) bw-9m-(Musical World Journey)-© February 28, 1934 (Completed September '33) Probably Fiji covered here. // Vitaphone #1598

Can't Think Of It (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy / Broadway Brevity: Ken Murray & Oswald)-October 30, 1936 (Film Daily review) The boys get involved with gangsters on a train. (With Elaine Arden, Ralph Sanford & Curtis Karpe) // Vitaphone #2051-2051

Cantor Josef Rosenblatt (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-May 1927 Initially a two reeler with Vitaphone numbers # 556 and 558 edited down. // Vitaphone #556-558

Captain Blue Blood (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Georgie Price, Nell O'Day & The Frazee Sisters)-February 13, 1937 (filmed December '36) A movie usher dates a rich girl whose mother expects proper breeding and tries to pursuade he is "blue blood" with flashbacks to the Mayflower and Napoleon. // Vitaphone #2060-2061

Caribbean Playgrounds (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Warnercolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-February 18, 1955 (filmed '54) / Covers a variety of leisure activities, including fishing. // Vitaphone #2453A

Carioca Serenaders (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco; music: Howard Jackson) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Humberto Herrere & Band)-October 25, 1941 (filmed July '41) Reissued August 16, 1952 as THE SERENADERS. // Vitaphone #464A

Carl Deacon Moore And Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-May 7, 1938 // Vitaphone #115B

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Carl Hoff And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-July 11, 1936 (filmed April) Set at country club dance with Grace MacDonald, Sonny Schuyler & the Collegians. // Vitaphone #1964

Carl Hoff And His Orchestra (#2) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-February 12, 1938 Features the Kidoodlers, Minor & Root, Patricia Norman and Jimmy Blair. (Reissued February '56) // Vitaphone #104B

Carl Roff And His Orchestra (Carl Hoff And Band) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-August 16, 1941 (filmed April) Adding a bit of zest to "The Blue Danube" // Vitaphone #328A

Carlena Diamond, Harpist Supreme (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© September 7, 1929 (filmed July) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Solo performance with harp and dancing // Vitaphone #864

Carlos Sedano, Celebrated Concert Violinist (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© June 29, 1927 (filmed April) Doing both "Spanish Dance" and Mozart's Minuet // Vitaphone #521

Carnival Day (Ralph Staub) Technicolor-16m-(Technicolor Special: Henry Armetta, Felix Knight & Joan Barclay)-January 11, 1936 (filmed '35) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Comic antics at a carnival and horse race with a balloon man helping out the romance. // Vitaphone #7143-7144

Carnival In Rhythm (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Stanley Martin; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-August 23, 1941 / Katherine Dunham's dance troupe salutes the music of Brazil in a musical tale of romance. Lots of impressive lighting effects and abstract backdrop painting highlight this pantomime dance tale. // Vitaphone #525-526A

Carnival In Rio (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; story: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Warnercolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-April 24, 1954 (filmed '53) Surprisingly undated and highly enjoyable view of all personality types enjoying themselves in costume and parade. // Vitaphone #2366A

Carnival Night In Paris (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Henry Halstead Orchestra)-© December 4, 1927 (filmed July) Betty Patrick is one of 500 performing here. // Vitaphone #2114

Carnival Of Sports (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-August 23, 1947 (filmed '46) A look at Venezuela sports. // Vitaphone #1550A

Carolina Segrera "The Cuban Nightingale" With Don Alberto And His Argentines (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-July 1929 Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / Set at a ranch house with Gennaro Viega, Epaim Suarez and Celestino Bianchi. // Vitaphone #848

Casey At The Bat (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: DeWolf Hopper)-1926 (undetermined release)

A Castilion Garden (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-© August 1, 1933 (filmed March) Assortment featured: Senor del Pozo's Marimba Band, Celso Ruttado, Tortolero de Medina, Senorita Adrina and Ismael Guzman // Vitaphone #1539

The Castle Of Dreams (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Morton Downey)-© July 15, 1935 (filmed December '34) A sign maker sees his castle painting come to life. Yet the mythical place is not favorable to romance. (With Arlene Dinitz, Eddie Ryan & Toto) // Vitaphone #1821-1822

Cattlemen's Days (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-June 24, 1944 Rodeo reel // Vitaphone #1247A

Cavalcade Of Academy Awards (Carey Wilson) bw-9m-(promotional)-April 1940 // Vitaphone #9780

Cavalcade Of Archery (Howard Hill; music: Rex Dunn) Technicolor-9m23s-(Sports Parade)-January 12, 1946 (filmed '45) The Adventures Of Robin Hood (2-disc) *DVD* Hill demonstrates his Robin Hood skills for some always smiling beauties. // Vitaphone #1424A

A Cavalcade Of Girls (Robert Youngson) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-August 12, 1950 Profiles female athletes in vintage newsreels. // Vitaphone #1964A

Cavalcade Of The Dance With Veloz And Yolanda (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-11m-(Melody Master)-November 20, 1943 (filmed July) (*Academy Award Nominee*) Action In The North Atlantic (Classic Legends Humphrey Bogart) *DVD* The famous ballroom couple perform different early 20th century dance crazes. (Reissued 7-3-54) // Vitaphone #1159A

The Cave Club (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Ethel Merman)-© May 15, 1930 (filmed February) Musical comedy comparing prehistoric times with today. With Marjorie Leach, Frank Tinney and Ted Lewis. // Vitaphone #999

Cecilia Leftus In Her Famous Impersonations (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© May 27, 1929 Including two versions (one Yiddish) of "Mamma Goe Where papa Goes". // Vitaphone #792

Celebration Days (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Saul Elkins; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-January 31, 1948 (© December 29, 1947) Views of Minneapolis' Aquatennial. // Vitaphone #1600A

Celeste Aida (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Giovanni Martinelli)-© December 21, 1929 Similiar but different than the 1930 GIOVANNI SINGS title. // Vitaphone #953

Centennial Sports (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Arthur Collins; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-June 28, 1952 Profiles the Canterbury Games of New Zealand. // Vitaphone #2157A

Central America (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman & Bert Frank) bw-10m-(Musical World Journeys)-© October 5, 1934 (Completed April) From Mexico to Panama // Vitaphone #1652

C'est Paree (Roy Mack) Technicolor (2-color)-15m-(Technicolor Special)-July 23, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed May) Lively early color musical involving doughboys in Paris // Vitaphone #1415-1416

Chained (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-9m-(Your True Adventure)-April 1, 1939 Boys play pirates but get carried away chaining themselves. Tommy Cooney, Kenneth Derby & Herb Vigran star. // Vitaphone #150B

The Champion Golfer (Doc Salomon) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Ben Bard & Bob Callahan)-© March 16, 1929 (filmed December '28) A profession tries to teach a di-wit the sport. // Vitaphone #2910

Champions Of The Future (Howard Hill; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Sam Balter) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-November 18, 1944 Hill takes a break from his archery / hunting reels to profile children and sports. // Vitaphone #1284A

Champions Of Tomorrow (music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-August 19, 1950 (Completed November '49) Teaching rhythmetic gymnastics in San Fernando CA // Vitaphone #1875A

Champions Training Champions (James Bloodworth; music: William Lava; narrator: Lou Marcelle) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-June 26, 1943 (filmed May) Gym class with US Navy pilots. // Vitaphone #1130A

Changing Of The Guard (Gordon Hollinshead: Crane Wilbur) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor "Broadway Brevity" Special: Sybil Jason)-May 13, 1936 (preview; wide relaese June 6; filmed March) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Sybil Jason was basically Warner's answer to Shirley Temple and, while her feature work wasn't as prolific, the studio went full throttle with glossy Technicolor two-reelers spotlighting her. Most haven't aged gracefully, despite the beautiful color, due to trite storylines. This one is better than most, with grandpa talking about the Boer War. // Vitaphone #7497-7498

Character Songs (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Harry Delf)-© June 2, 1928 (filmed February) Includes his own "I Have Everything" // Vitaphone #2542

Character Studies (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Montague Love)-January 4, 1928 (filmed December '27) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* One actor and several comedy and drama skits including Fagin from “Oliver Twist” // Vitaphone #2278

Character Studies (Murray Roth) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Florence Brady)-September 2, 1928 (Film Daily review; filmed July) Comedy routines and sassy songs like "I'm a Demon with the Ladies" // Vitaphone #2734

Charles Ahearn And His Millionaires (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-© February 9, 1935 (filmed May '34) Performing as hobos on the run from the cops. With Eddie Miller & the Three Aristocrats. // Vitaphone #1716

Charles C. Peterson - Billiard Champion Of Fancy Shots (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 30, 1929 (filmed May) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* A pool game with an expert. One of the early "sports reels". // Vitaphone #815

Charles Green's Flapperettes Leading Girls' Jazz Band (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 7, 1929 (filmed January) The Jazz Singer *DVD* Pretty good all-female jazz band. Nina Grey leads with a boppy rendition of "St. Louis Blues" // Vitaphone #711

Charles Green's Twentieth Century Faydetts (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m12s-(Vitaphone Variety)-© March 20, 1929 (filmed January) The Jazz Singer *DVD* All female band with a top hat dancer. // Vitaphone #710

Charles Hackett (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© March 12, 1927 (filmed November '26) He was a top tenor with many recordings for Edison and Columbia records. // Vitaphone #392

Charles Hackett In "Faust" Assisted By Chase Borromeo (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-15m-(Vitaphone Variety)-December 8, 1929 (Film Daily review; filmed September) * Ambitious 2-reeler involving the first and second scenes // Vitaphone #899-900

Charles Hackett Singing "I Looked Into Your Garden" & "I Heard You Singing" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-September 1929 Vitaphone #890 // Vitaphone #890

Charles Hackett Singing "Il Mio Tesoro Instanto" & "O Paradiso" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-November 25, 1929 (filmed September) Vitaphone #916 // Vitaphone #916

Charles Hackett, Call Of The Nile (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 11, 1927 (filmed May) Music in a desert oasis setting. // Vitaphone #552

Charles Hackett, Leading Tenor Of The Chicago Opera Company (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 1, 1928 (filmed December '27) Featuring Schubert's "Who Is Sylvia" // Vitaphone #2379

Charles Irwin, The Debonair Humorist (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 1, 1928 (filmed March) Comic monologue // Vitaphone #2555

Charlie Hackett in "Romeo & Juliet" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety)-November 9, 1930 (Film Daily review) Performing Shakespeare with Rosa Lowe. // Vitaphone #1143

Charlie McCarthy And Mortimer Snerd In Sweden (Larry Lansburgh; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Edgar Bergen) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-September 27, 1950 (Completed June '50) Part travelogue, part high comedy. // Vitaphone #1949A

Chasing The Sun (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; s: Owen Crump & Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson) Warnercolor-31m-(Featurette)-February 1956 Travelogue of Florida spotlighting Miami and Silver Springs. // Vitaphone #2657A

Chaz Chase, The Unique Comedian (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© October 18, 1928 (filmed August) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* The human garbage disposal consumes anything (with a special taste for lit matches). Initially this film had him wanting to eat a horse but that got cut upon first release. // Vitaphone #2696

Check Your Cash (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French; narrator: Paul Douglas) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Louis Zingone)-© July 12, 1936 (filmed March) An expert card sharp demonstrates how he saves a fellow train passenger from getting duped. // Vitaphone #1948

Check Your Sombrero (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Armida, Tito Coral & others)-November 2, 1935 A couple struggle o pay off their gambling debts with a worthless clock. // Vitaphone #1899-1900

The Check-up (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jack Hazzard & Ruth Donnelly)-© December 10, 1930 (filmed October) A couple of shorts made in the fall of 1930 carry a philandering husband theme. This time he writes a hefty check for both wife and girlfriend… but they get on to him. // Vitaphone #1131

The Cheer Leader (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Tom Douglas & Beatrice Blinn)-© June 9, 1930 (filmed February) A sports leader is injured in his legs and needs to get over his bitterness. // Vitaphone #993

Cherchez La Femme (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Jeanne Aubert)-© April 1, 1935 (filmed September '34) A French actress utlilizes ganster in her final act of a play. (With Stanley Smith & DeEspeys Troupe) // Vitaphone #1787-1788

Chesterfield Celebrities (---) bw-22m-(commercial with Clark & McCullough)-January 18, 1931

Cheyenne Autumn Trail ([Professional Film Services]- Ronald Saland; s: Burt Sloane) color-18m-(Special)-October 1964 Cheyenne Autumn (Greatest Legends John Ford Westerns) *DVD* A modern day family takes a camper across the original trail of the old Cheyenne of the 19th century. Intermixed is footage from the upcoming CHEYENNE AUTUMN. Camera work by Ross Lowell. Editing: Howard Kuperman // Vitaphone #3190A

Cheyenne Days (David Goodnow; music: Howard Jackson & William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-April 4, 1953 (filmed '52) Frontier Days Celebration in Wyoming. (Reissued December '63) // Vitaphone #2252A

Chief Caupolican, The Indian Baritone (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 18, 1928 (filmed May) Set at an Indian camp. Tunes "Bedouin Love Song", "After Long Absence" and "Pale Moon" // Vitaphone #2598

Childhood Days (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco & Jack Scholl) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Diana Hale, The Alvarez Sisters & California Junior Symphony)-June 5, 1943 (filmed February) / Various juvenile musical talent. Some footage lifted from earlier shorts. (Reissued 2-10-51) // Vitaphone #1108A

China Today (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: co-d: Ira Genet; narrator: Dwight Weist) Cinecolor-9m-(Color Parade)-October 1, 1938 // Vitaphone #75B

Chinatown Champs (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-March 18, 1944 (filmed '43) Tour of San Francisco's Chinatown // Vitaphone #1217A

Chips Of The Old Block (Bryan Foy) bw-7m42s-(Vitaphone Variety: Eddie Foy Jr. & The Foy Family)-July 1, 1928 (filmed April) The Jazz Singer *DVD* Debut of the Foy family on film. The popular family act with the kids all grown now. Vaudeville routines of some humor (including a quick Red Riding Hood tale of graphic violence). // Vitaphone #2580

Chistes y Lasses (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Tex McLeod)-September 1929 With Marjorie Tiller at a ranch with some rope tricks. // Vitaphone #906

The Choke's On You (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-21m-(Joe Palooka w/ Robert Norton & Shemp Howard)-September 12, 1936 Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* Joe tangles with a weightlifter at the beach. With Johnny Berkes & Beverly Phalon. // Vitaphone #2018-2019

Christmas Knight (C.B. Platts) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 30, 1930 (filmed December '29) Contrasting how a rich and poor couple celebrate the holidays. Starring Bryant Washburn, Helen Jerome Eddy & Charles Middleton. // Vitaphone #3740

Cigars, Cigarettes (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Marjorie Beebe)-February 28, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed December 1931) Marjorie as a bumbling nightclub hostess // Vitaphone #1301

Cinderella Horse (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Harry Hoyt; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-December 26, 1948 (preview) (*Academy Award Nominee*) The life cycle of a thoroughbred colt, initially pegged as an underdog. // Vitaphone #1763A

Cinderella's Feller (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; William McGann; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special: Juanita Quigley, Scotty Beckett & Maris Wrixon)-June 8, 1940 Virginia City *DVD* Technicolor musical spoof of the fairy tale. (Reissued 9-27-47) // Vitaphone #9778-9779

Circus Band (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl) bw-18m-(Melody Master)-May 5, 1945 A 2-reel assortment of circus tunes. (Reissued 12-27-52) // Vitaphone #1347A

Circus Horse (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Richard L. Barre; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-10m-(Technicolor Adventure w/ Alan Hale & Douglas Kennedy)-June 28, 1947 (© January 21) A prospector uses a circus horse to find gold, but only finds it after the horse dies. // Vitaphone #1560A

Circus On Ice (Associated Screen News Canada: Gordon Spalling; narrator: Ken Davey) Technicolor-10m-(Canadian Cameo)-September 1954 Showcases the 40th annual of the Toronto Skating Club. // Vitaphone #2416A

Circus Town (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Gill DeWitt & Saul Elkins; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Technicolor Adventure)-January 15, 1949 (filmed '48) Visiting the circus at Gainesville, Texas. // Vitaphone #1772A

Ciro Rimac's Rhumba Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-October 1934 Struggling Cubans hit the big time in NYC. Reviewed by Film Daily 12-30-35. // Vitaphone #1799

The City's Slicker (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Rufe Davis, Radio Rubes, Dawn O'Day/Anne Shirley & Jay Seiler)-May 20, 1936 A new-to-the-city impersonator falls for a "dream girl"... another impersonator. // Vitaphone #1975-1976

Clair Omar Musser, The World's Foremost Marimbaphonist (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© January 21, 1928 (filmed October '27) The Vitaphone Ochestra accompanies "Over Moonlit Waters", "Doll Dance" and "Overture frm MIGNON" // Vitaphone #2256

Clarence Tisdale, Southland's Spiritual Tenor (Old-Time Songs) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© May 12, 1929 (filmed March) Another key early black artist singing in a plantation setting. // Vitaphone #766

Claybirds Are Coming (Hamilton Wright) color-9m-(Worldwide Adventure)-February 21, 1968 (filmed '67) // Vitaphone #3348A

Cleaned And Dry (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Monty Banks)-December 1921

Cleaning Up (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Alan Cross & Henry Dunn)-November 12, 1938 Two song and dance men screw up their banking jobs. (With Ray & Grace MacDonald & George Campo) // Vitaphone #166-167B

Cleo To Cleopatra (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Daphne Pollard)-© June 30, 1928 (filmed March) The famous Mack Sennett comedy star probably made her "talkie" debut here. Soon moved to Pathé. // Vitaphone #2567

Cliff Edwards (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-March 1927 Long before he voiced Jiminy Cricket, he had a string of popular song recordings.//

Cliff Edwards And His Buckaroos (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-March 8, 1941 (filmed August '40) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Great western swing band reel. (Reissued 7-22-50) // Vitaphone #26A

Cliff Nazarro "Versatile Young Artist" And The Two Marjories (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© October 17, 1927 (filmed July) The Marjories are Lamkin and Ward with some originals here "Lay Down My LifeFor My Lord". Arthur Kay conducts the Vitaphne Orchestra. // Vitaphone #2116

Close Friends (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Hobart Cavanaugh & Roger Gray)-June 1931 Two handcuffed prisoners escape through a bathhouse... still stuck together. // Vitaphone #1191

Close Relations (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy McCarey) bw-10m-(Big V Comedy: Fatty Arbuckle, Shemp Howard, Charles Judels, Harry Shannon, Hugh O'Connell & Mildred van Dorn)-© September 30, 1933 (filmed May) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Two Arbuckle families quarrel with each other. The Warts and the Moles battle ownership over their uncle's "farm" (i.e. a looney bin). // Vitaphone #1556-1557

Clyde Lucas And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-January 7, 1939 (filmed November '38) With Rosalean & Seville and Lyn Lucas // Vitaphone #193B

Clyde Lucas And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-11m-(Melody Master)-June 12, 1936 (Film Daily review) Featuring Dave & Dorothy Fitzgibbons, Lyn Lucas and the Three Symphonettes. // Vitaphone #1990

Clyde Lucas And Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-June 18, 1938 Features the bouncy "Bob White" and "Mama I Want to Make Rhythm" // Vitaphone #121B

Clyde McCoy And His Sugar Blues Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-August 15, 1936 Dance hall scene with theme song and other hits lke "Tear It Down" // Vitaphone #2015

The Clyde Mystery (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-20m-(S.S. Van Dine w/ Donald Meek & John Hamilton)-September 27, 1931 (Film Daily review) Frisco Jenny / Forbidden Hollywood Collection (Midnight Mary) *DVD* The Inspector uses “psychology” to be certain of a rich man’s murderer. // Vitaphone #1269-1270

Cockatoos At Their Best (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Fritz Landes)-© September 13, 1927 (filmed June) Showcasing his famous bird act. // Vitaphone #2110

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Cold Turkey (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Helen Broderick & Lester Crawford)-July 5, 1931 (filmed March) A witty manicurist and her husband causes havoc in a harem-ish Turkey // Vitaphone #1215

The Cole Case (The Cole Murder Case) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-20m-(S.S. Van Dine w / Donald Meek & John Hamilton)-April 3, 1932 (Film Daily review) Above average entry with a murder foretold to the police and an insurance scheme involving look-alike men. Donna Broome & Leonard Mudie co-star. // Vitaphone #1365-1366

The College Boy And California Medley Girls (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: George Givot, Pearl Leonard & Nina Hinds)-© September 13, 1927 (filmed June) Vitaphone Orchestra assists with Rose-Fischer's "Why Should We Marry" and other ballads. // Vitaphone #2107

College Capers (Carl McBride) Technicolor (2-color)-8m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety: Ty Parvis & Lillian Crowell)-© September 6, 1930 (filmed April) Color musical contrasting 19th century and 1930 college graduations. With Baron & Janet Gilmore, Ken & DeBard Brothers. // Vitaphone #4124

College Dads (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-21m-(Broadway Brevity: Leon Janney)-April 11, 1936 Two dads meeting at a train station discover their college sons are duping them. Edith Mann, Bobby Lane and Dudley Clements co-star. Featuring the Columbia Glee Club. // Vitaphone #1950-1951

The Collegiate Model (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© June 9, 1930 (filmed April) Starring Ona Munson, Harry Rosenthal and Roger Pryor and initially titled RAH, RAH ROSLYN. Store clerk working his way through college is aided in sales by his gal. // Vitaphone #1007-1008

Colorado Trout (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Sam Balter) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-July 1, 1944 (Completed May) Filmed in the scenic Rockies. I'm guessing that is why BoxOffice magazine found this a "wow" picture. // Vitaphone #1240A

Carolynne Snowden & Co. - Colored Syncopation (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 4, 1927 (filmed June) Features as support: Henry "Tin Can" Allen, Harvey Brooks and Thomas Valentine. Jazzy numbers include "St. Louis Blues" and "Learn to Do the Charleston" (Film Daily reviewed 11-11-28 as a “miss”.) // Vitaphone #2109

Colorful Occupations (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Paul Douglas) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-October 3, 1936 Humorous survey of unusual occupations like lady bug farms, flower designing, decorating balloons and siamese cat breeding. // Vitaphone #2021

A Colorful Sermon (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bert Swor)-© May 19, 1928 (filmed March) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Blackface routine set in a church. Dated negro humor. // Vitaphone #2543

Come To Dinner (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-22m-(Broadway Brevity: Flavia Arcaco, Hershel Magall, Margot Stevenson & Clinton Sundberg)-© April 24, 1934 (filmed November '33) Dinner At Eight (Greatest Classic Legends Jean Harlow) *DVD* Comic spoof of the MGM feature DINNER AT EIGHT. // Vitaphone #1636-1637

Compliments Of The Season (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-13m-(Vitaphone Variety)-September 1930 A crook saves a girl from suicide on Christmas Eve. Featuring Eric Dressler, Lenita Lane and Pat O'Brien before becoming famous. // Vitaphone #1094

Coney Island Holiday (Carl Dudley; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Warnercolor-9m-(Stereophonic Special)-© April 1, 1954 Updated travelogue. // Vitaphone #2459A

Coney Island Honeymoon (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Arnold Albert; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special: Warren Douglas & Angela Greene)-June 16, 1945 (© December 19, 1944) A sailor's honeymoon to Coney Island with some tunes from the Teddy Roosevelt/Taft era. // Vitaphone #1344A

Congo (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Andre Corwin; music: Howard Jackson) bw-18m-(Special)-February 25, 1945 (filmed '44) Wartime importance of Belgian Africa is examined. // Vitaphone #1312A

Contact (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Pepper Pot)-October 8, 1932 (filmed March 1932) Mini-drama featuring Frank Hawks, Alice Reinhart, Billy Hayes, G. MacQuarrie, Scott Moore & William Pringle. A little boy gets hurt in an airplane show and is flown to a doctor. // Vitaphone #1390

Continental Holiday (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; story: Owen Crump; music: William Lava; narrator: Marvin Miller) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-April 9, 1954 (Completed '53) Wonderful, and slightly campy, tour of France, Italy, the Riviera and other locales before returning home to Lady Liberty. Marvin Miller is enjoying his narration here. Includes some recycled footage like That's Bully and Riviera Days. // Vitaphone #2365A

Contrary Mary (---) Technicolor (2-color)-9m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety: Bobby Watson)-© March 19, 1930 (filmed December '29) Two chorus girls put on a show for a producer. // Vitaphone #3753

Copters And Cows (Cedric Francis, producer; Tom McGowan; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor-17m-(Warnercolor Special)-March 2, 1956 (filmed '55) A look at cattle ranching by helicopter in Vernon, Texas. // Vitaphone #2580A

Cora Green, The Famous Creole Singer (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 20, 1929 (filmed May) Famous dark-skinned crooner of the period accompanied by pianist Isadore Myer. // Vitaphone #825

Corn On The Cop (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ralph Staub) bw-20m-(Big V Comedy: Harry Gribbon, Shemp Howard, Mary Doran & Boyd Davis)-© April 28, 1934 (filmed December '33) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* A pair of tramps trying to sell "corn cures" get mixed up with a cop's wife // Vitaphone #1658-1659

The Corner Store (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Fred Ardath)-© March 20, 1929 (filmed January) Comedy and music at a grocery. (With Claude Allen, Cole Carrol and Klar Magnus) // Vitaphone #720

Coscia And Verdi, Music Glorified, Classified And Mortified (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 15, 1928 (filmed October '27) A burlesque on opera. // Vitaphone #2272

Costumes Of The World (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(World Adventures)-© July 24, 1933 (Completed December '32) // Vitaphone #1520

Country Chickens (California Producers Corp- Erie Kenton) bw/silent-2 reels-(Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin & Jack Duffy)-October 9, 1921//

A Country Reborn (---) color-9m-(Worldwide Adventure)-October 1965 Tour of Taiwan // Vitaphone #3231A

Court Plastered (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Helen Broderick & Lester Crawford)-January 25, 1931 (Film Daily review) Helen wisecracks her way out of a murder charge in the court room. // Vitaphone #1165

The Cowboy And His Girl (The Cowboy And The Girl) (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Ray Mayer & Edith Evans)-© April 21, 1928 (filmed January) Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / Includes the popular "Side by Side" and comedy lines. // Vitaphone #2236

Cowboy's Holiday (Associated Screen News Canada) AnscoColor-10m-(Canadian Cameo)-May 1950 (US distribution only November 3, 1951) Canadian rodeo reel (Reissued June '65) // Vitaphone #2104A

Cradle Of Civilization (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Kenneth Roberts) Cinecolor-10m-(Colortour Adventures)-April 17, 1937 Covers Rhodes, Athena and Istanbul. // Vitaphone #2028

Cradle Of The Republic (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Carl Dudley; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-© December 20, 1948 (completed October '47) Overview of the New England states. (Wide release 5-28-49) // Vitaphone #1661A

The Crane Poison Case (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-18m-(S.S. Van Dine w / Donald Meek & John Hamilton)-July 9, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed April) The suspect is an ex-explorer who likes snakes. Jane Winton also stars. FILM DAILY claimed this series had “excessive dialogue and not enough action”. // Vitaphone #1406-1407

Crashing The Gate (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Ruth Etting)-© July 1, 1933 (filmed February) Etting has trouble re-entering the US with her Hungarian husband but she tells an interesting backstory. (With John Hamilton, Roy Atwell & the Tony Sarg Marionettes) // Vitaphone #1533-1534

Crashing The Water Barrier ([co-prod: Robert Youngson: Konstantin Kaiser; narrator: Jay Jackson & Knox Manning) Warnercolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-© March 17, 1956 (*Academy Award Winner*) Donald Campbell strives to break 200 miles on Lake Mead, Nevada on November 16, 1955. Camera work by Edwin E. Olsen and additional writing by De Leon Anthony. // Vitaphone #2589A

The Crawfords At Home (Mr. And Mrs. Jesse Crawford At Home) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Jesse Crawford)-April 15, 1939 Invisible Stripes & Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Thin plot of a salesman visiting and mistaken for a radio promoter. This gives our musical couple and others attending (Judith Barron / Bill Johnson / Crawford & Caskey) to put on a show. // Vitaphone #219B

Crimes Square (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Pat O'Brien, Mary Doran & others uncredited)-© March 26, 1931 Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* The future feature star famous for playing priests is a mob man here, ditching one dame for another... and serving time in jail. Actually more interesting in plot than on screen. // Vitaphone #1149

Crinoline Classics (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Helen Yorke & Virginia Johnson)-© December 23, 1929 (filmed October) Johnson is at piano as both sing "St. Louis Blues" among others. // Vitaphone #928

Cross Words (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Newhoff & Phelps)-© November 24, 1928 (filmed September) Comedy & songs in a livingroom setting. // Vitaphone #2766

Crossing The Sahara (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Howard Claney) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-August 14, 1937 // Vitaphone #2032

Crossroads Of The Orient (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Basil Ruysdael) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-April 2, 1938 (completed January) Tour of Singapore in gawdy color // Vitaphone #70B

Crossroads Of The World (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; story: Owen Crump; music: William Lava; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor / CinemaScope-9m-(Scope Gem)-September 26, 1956 (filmed '55) Tour of Singapore in widescreen // Vitaphone #2653A

Cruise Of The Zaca (Errol Flynn & Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-19m54s-(Technicolor Special)-December 6, 1952 (filmed '46-'47, edited '52) The Adventures Of Robin Hood (2-disc) *DVD* Co-starring with Erroll Flynn in this 1946-47 filmed travelogue along the Pacific coastline and the Caribbean are daddy Theodore, his second wife (Nora Eddington), artist John Decker, Howard Hill, Carl Hubbs of Scripps Institute, gray whales swimming with our star and an elephant seal bull mis-gendered on screen. The dancing in Jamaica are the highlights. // Vitaphone #2175A

Crusade For Freedom (---) bw- (Warner Pathé News Special)-January 1952 // Vitaphone #2132A

The Cruse Brothers, The Arkansaw Trio (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© September 13, 1927 (filmed July) "Turkey in the Straw" included. // Vitaphone #2124

The Cruse Brothers "Missouri Sheiks" With "Old Time Melodies In An Old Time Way" (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© November 3, 1927 (filmed August) Featuring violin, guitar and banjo // Vitaphone #2120

Cry Baby (---) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: Bobby Vernon & Mary Treen)-© June 30, 1930 (filmed April) Slapstick in a movie theater with baby // Vitaphone #4036

Cryin' For The Carolines (Leon Schlesinger) bw-9m-(Spoony Melody)-May 1930 Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 6 & Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Vol. 2 (BluRay Disc 3) *DVD* Part animated musical with stylish cut-outs and optical effects // Vitaphone #4161

Cuba Calling (A. Pam Blumenthal & André de la Varre: Van Campen Heilner; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Sam Balter) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-December 23, 1944 Colorful travelogue // Vitaphone #1309A

Cuba, Land Of Adventure And Sport (music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-January 16, 1943 (filmed '42) // Vitaphone #1071A

Cure It With Music (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-19m-(Broadway Brevity: Fifi D'Orsay)-© July 15, 1935 (filmed January) Silly fluff has Fifi curing sanitarium patients with musical numbers. With Eddie Ryan, the Chevaliers and Moore & Revel in support. // Vitaphone #1825-1826

Curious Customs Of The World (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-10m-(World Adventures)-© October 17, 1932 (Completed July '32) Covers a Parsee funeral, spirit killing in Bali, Korean temple dances and the wedding of a Hawaiian prince. // Vitaphone #1434

Curious Industries (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Harry Von Zell) bw-10m-(Our Own U.S.)-September 7, 1935 (Completed May) Includes scrap iron collecting and how oil is drilled. Also the farming of goats & frogs and clam & turtle fishing. // Vitaphone #1855

Curses (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-15m-(Vitaphone Variety: Alan Dinehart & Erin O'Brien-Moore)-© November 5, 1930 (filmed July) Spoof on melodramas of the nickelodeon, complete with tied-to-the-railroad scene. // Vitaphone #1096-1097

Cut Out For Love (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Dorothy Dare & Donald Novis)-April 3, 1937 Donald is too famous to enjoy a public "normal" romance with Dorothy. (With June Taylor, Jack Seymour & Don Gautier) // Vitaphone #18-19B

Cut Yourself A Piece Of Cake (---) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Val & Ernie Stanton)-© June 30, 1928 Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Comedy sketch with lots of punny wordplay set in a living room // Vitaphone #2586

A Cycle Of Songs (---) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: Florence Brady)-September 2, 1928 Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Includes Berlin's "Sunshine" along with "Here Comes the Showboat" and "I Can't Get Him Off of My Mind" // Vitaphone #2699

Dad Minds The Baby (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Robert B. Churchill & Richard L. Barre; music: William Lava) Technicolor-9m-(Technicolor Adventure)-December 20, 1947 (filmed October '46) Probably not quite as funny as So You're Going to Be a Father, but this comedy is in Technicolor and features a "Clement Q. Clambake". Apparently, Disney animation director Jack Kinney must have been a fan of the Warner shorts (including McDoakes) since many Goofy cartoons of the early fifties often resemble their style of comedy. // Vitaphone #1524A

Dad Minds The Baby (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-August 3, 1934 (filmed September '33) Another musical documentary of a tyke getting into mischief. // Vitaphone #1599

Dance Of The Paper Dolls (Roy Mack) Technicolor (2-color)-9m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety)-November 13, 1929 All children performing // Vitaphone #3669

Dancing Around The World (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-10m-(Newman Traveltalk)-August 24, 1932 (Film Daily review; completed January) Highlights: LaJota, the Tarantella and the Laendler. Aside from the usual Spain and Italian tour (with a cameo by Douglas Fairbanks on tour) we also get Sweden, the Zulu tribes and scenic Java. Went into wide release September 3 with fellow short C’EST PAREE and RAMBLIN’ RADIO ROW NO. 1. // Vitaphone #1331

The Dandy And The Belle (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: Frank McGlynn, Mary Murray, Pauline Dee & others)-May 11, 1931 (Film Daily review) A bank teller’s “drama” with wife in the gay 1890s // Vitaphone #1217

Danger (Eddie Cline) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: John Litel, Frank Campeau & Charlotte Merriam)-© March 15, 1930 (filmed January) Mexican lieutenant romances his colonel's daughter. // Vitaphone #3529

Danger- High Voltage (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-9m-(Your True Adventure)-December 4, 1937 A lineman is electrocuted and thought dead... but he isn't! Bruce MacFarlane, Ruth Dryden, Jack Harwood & Philip Ober star. // Vitaphone #40B

Danger Is My Business (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Ross Allen; music: William Lava; narrator: Marvin Miller) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-April 8, 1950 Visiting the Everglades with Ross the critter captor. (Reissued March '60) // Vitaphone #1923A

A Dangerous Adventure (J.L. & Sam Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(serial w/ Grace Darmond, Philo McCullough, Jack Richardson, Robert Agnew, Derelys Perdue & others)-© May 5, 1922 (filmed '20) Famous for what happened OFF the set than on screen with actress catfights and monkeys clawing a future mogul Jack Warner. Episodes: No. 1 The Jungle Storm, No. 2 The Sacrifice, No. 3 The Lion Pit, No. 4 Brandon's Revenge, No. 5 At The Leopard's Mercy, No. 6 The Traitor, No. 7 The Volcano, No. 8 The Escape (all © May 5), No. 9 The Leopard's Cave, No. 10 The Jungle Water Hole (both © May 15), No. 11 The Hippopotamus Swamp (© May 25), No. 12 The Lion's Prey, No. 13 In The Tiger's Lair, No. 14 The Treasure Cave & No. 15 The Rescue (all © June 12)

Dangerous Occupations (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bert Frank; narrator: Lowell Thomas) bw-10m-(Pepper Pot)-© January 16, 1933 (Completed July '32) Usually behind the microphone, Thomas is seen here discussing wild jobs to a boy as we view news clips of window cleaners on Chrysler's building and cannon ball shooters. // Vitaphone #1438-1439

Danish Sport Delights (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Warnercolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-July 25, 1953 Includes scenes of a sailing regatta at Kolding in Jutland, bicycle racing at Aarhus, the annual athletic festival at Ringsted, and ring-riding at Sönderborg. // Vitaphone #2291A

Dank You (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Joe Burns & Murray Kissen)-© September 12, 1928 (filmed June) Greek dialogue humor and songs. // Vitaphone #2679

Daredevil Days (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw-10m-(Warner Novelty)-August 9, 1952 Crazy '20's stunts involving airplanes are highlighted. // Vitaphone #2202A

Daredevil O'Dare (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-19m-(Big V Comedy: Ben Blue)-© August 3, 1934 (filmed February) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* Romance and hijinks under the big top. (With Shemp Howard, Vicki Cummings, Milton Frome & Maude Odell) // Vitaphone #1683-1684

Daredevils On Wheels (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-July 23, 1949 (Completed October '48) Profiles British motorcycles. (Reissued November '59) // Vitaphone #1765A

Dark Africa (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-10m-(Musical World Journeys)-© August 2, 1934 (Completed December '33) Covers Ethiopia and Aden. // Vitaphone #1649

The Darling Brute (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jack Hazzard)-November 1930 Tale of a wife who really loves her pooch... more than her husband. With Helen Goodhue and William Halligan. // Vitaphone #1126

Darling Enemy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Gertrude Niesen)-© June 28, 1934 (filmed February) Pecular comedy musical set in Franconia, vaudevillians as spies and including neon show girls. (With Weldon Heyburn, Earle Hampton, Ralph Sanford, Dudley Clements & Roscoe Ates) // Vitaphone #1681-1682

Darn Tootin' (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Rudolf Wiedoft & Dixie Lee)-December 6, 1931 (Film Daily review) Dixie sings "I Apologize" and Lucille Page shows off some impressive dancing. // Vitaphone #1293

The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor "Broadway Brevity" Special: Patty Hale, Al Shean & Peter Caldwell)-July 11, 1942 (filmed April '42) Dramatic musical about a vaudevillian's daughter having to live in an orphanage, but later is saved by a rich man. // Vitaphone #947-948A

Dave Apollon And His Club Casanova Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-April 8, 1939 With Melissa Mason, May McKim, Ted Adair & Ruth Long // Vitaphone #198B

Dave Apollon And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-© December 24, 1938 (filmed August) / Features Buddy & Claire Green, Aunt Jemima / Tess Gardella and Bobby Graham // Vitaphone #145B

Dave Apollon And His Russian Stars (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© September 7, 1929 Filipinos in kilts... yes, you read that correctly. Tunes include "If I Had You", "Mean to Me", "Louise and "Boo Boo Blues" // Vitaphone #875

Dave Bernie's Orchestra (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 20, 1929 (filmed November '28) Features Maxwell Covert and a Lucky Lindy dance scene. // Vitaphone #2797

David Mendoza And Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-July 31, 1937 The band leader responds musically to a lady reporter questioning him. Additional performers: Minor & Rot, Lucille Manners, Bob Simmons and the Revelers // Vitaphone #17B

David Rubinoff And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-July 1933 With Jean Sargent. Selection: “Give Me a Moment Please” / “My Darling” / “Lying In The Hay” // Vitaphone #1573

David Rubinoff And His Violin (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-April 16, 1938 He accepts requests here. Colette & Barry support. (Reissued 1-10-48) // Vitaphone #116B

A Day At Hollywood Park (Harry O. Hoyt; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-June 7, 1947 (filmed June '46) Racetrack reel // Vitaphone #1502A

A Day At Santa Anita (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Crane Wilbur; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-17m59s-(Technicolor "Broadway Brevity" Special: Sybil Jason, Marcia Ralston & Matthew Beard)-May 22, 1937 The Jazz Singer & Each Dawn I Die (Greatest Gangster Films James Cagney) *DVD* The juvenile star helps in a horse race, which provides Technicolor "tests" for cameo walk-ins like Bette Davis, Ruby Keeler, Al Jolson, Edward G. Robinson, Allen Jenkins and Olivia De Haviland. // Vitaphone #8071-8072

A Day At The Fair (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Saul Elkins; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-August 30, 1947 (Des Moines preview; filmed '46) Covers the state fair of Iowa. // Vitaphone #1599A

A Day's Journey (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Harlan Reed) bw-9m-(Our Own U.S.)-February 22, 1936 (completed '35) Cultural districts like Chinatown in San Francisco and New Orleans // Vitaphone #1853

Days Of '76 (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Roger Q, Denny) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-December 22, 1945 (filmed May) Covers the frontier parades and festivities of Deadwood, South Dakota. // Vitaphone #1373A

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De La Plaza And Juanita With Their Spanish Serenaders (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© December 13, 1928 (filmed July) Classical pieces like "William Tell Overture" with Alma Real and the Royal Filipino Band in support. // Vitaphone #2702

The Dead Line (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: David Callis, Blanche Friderici & Jimmy Phillips)-© November 25, 1929 (filmed September) Mini-drama about the mob in Hell's Kitchen. // Vitaphone #3333

Dead Or Alive (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley; story: Russel Crouse) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Hugh O'Connell)-© December 10, 1929 (filmed August) A drunk reporter stumbles to get a story... and through a hospital. With Granville Bates and William Shelley. // Vitaphone #895

Dean Of Pasteboards (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French & Louis Zingone) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty)-May 27, 1939 Card expert instructs some students various card tricks. // Vitaphone #227B

Dear Old Dad (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-12m-(Your True Adventure)-April 11, 1938 Wryley Birch stars as an elderly man who loses his memory and gets lost // Vitaphone #45B

Dear Old London (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Newman Traveltalk)-August 26, 1932 (Film Daily review; edited February) Highlight is the zoo and a Komodo dragon on display. // Vitaphone #1351

The Death Ship (story by Jose Jackson) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Mitchell Lewis, Jason Robards & Elizabeth Page)-© June 2, 1928 (filmed October '27) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Mini-drama set on a mutinied ship. Interesting if stiff in its stagey-ness. // Vitaphone #2234

Declaration Of Independence (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Crane Wilbur & Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-17m-(Technicolor Special)-November 26, 1938 (*Academy Award Winner*) A Slight Case Of Murder *DVD* Focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware (Ted Osborne), one of the deciding votes on a particular day in 1776. With John Litel as Thomas Jefferson an Walter Walker as Benjamin Franklin, along with Rosella Towne, Owen King and Richard Bond. (Reissued 5-15-54) // Vitaphone #8874-8875

Deep Adventure (Cedric Francis, producer; Scotty Wellbourn & Ross Allen; story: Owen Crump; narrator: Johnny Jacobs) Warnercolor-46m-(Featurette)-May 1957 (filmed '56) More wild critter escapades and sunken treasure adventure in Florida with Ross Allen in a semi feature (the '58 volume of SCREEN WORLD labeled it such) and semi-drama. William Fuller and Dottie Lee Phillips co-star. Howard Jackson provided the slushy music score. // Vitaphone #2715A

Defying Death (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-12m-(Your True Adventure)-October 15, 1938 A mother saves her children from a burning building. Stars Mady Carrell, Warren Ashe & Stephen Miller // Vitaphone #148B

Des Nouvelles Chansons Americaines (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Ann Codee & Frank Orth)-August 1929 "Some New American Songs" in French. // Vitaphone #886

Desert Killer (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Larry Lansburgh; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-December 25, 1952 (preview: general release June 27, 1953) (*Academy Award Nominee*) Starlift (TCM Doris Day Collection) *DVD* Marvin Glenn tracks a sheep-killing cougar in the Chiricahuas of Arizona. // Vitaphone #2222A

Desert Playground (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Arnold Albert; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-November 13, 1943 Tour of Palm Springs, California. // Vitaphone #1165A

Desert Thrills (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Edwin Bartlett)-© April 30, 1930 (filmed February) Romance and music at an Egyptan cafe. // Vitaphone #989

Desi Arnaz And His Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-October 12, 1946 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & Night And Day *DVD* The famous bandleader before I Love Lucy. The last Melody Master filmed, but not the last released. (Reissued 10-3-53) // Vitaphone #1465A

Detectives (Detektuvs) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Penrod w/ Billy Hayes)-January 2, 1932 (filmed December '31) News of a bank robbery makes sleuth out Penrod and buddies (with David Gorcey ad Jackie Kelk). // Vitaphone #1319

Devil Boats (A. Pam Blumenthal & André de la Varre: Arnold Albert; music: William Lava) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special w / Warren Douglas)-July 22, 1944 Demonstrates the production of PT boats. Co-produced by the US Navy. // Vitaphone #1272A

The Devil's Parade (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: George Hale) bw (red tints)-10m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© June 8, 1930 (filmed February) Musical set “down below” with Hades getting his fill of Broadway entertainers. Dialogue in rhyme mostly. Features Sidney Toler, Joan Blondell, Gerald Smith & Jessie Busley. // Vitaphone #992

Diamond Til (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: Grace Hayes & Neville Fleeson)-September 1, 1929 (Film Daily review; filmed July) “Average” (per Film Daily) spoof of Mae West’s “Diamond Lil” // Vitaphone #871

Diary Of A Racing Pigeon (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Del Frazier; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Cinecolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-November 30, 1940 Life of a bird and its sport. // Vitaphone #9795

Dick Rich And His Melodious Monarchs (---) bw-9m37s-(Vitaphone Variety)- © July 24, 1928 (filmed May) The Jazz Singer & Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Some great jazzy numbers like "Ramona" and "There Must Be a Silver Lining" as well as an oddball ventroloquist sketch with vocalist Cheri Rich. // Vitaphone #2595

Dining Out (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-June 1930 Starring Alice Lake, Billy Kent & Ernest Wood. A wife gets even with her too-busy-to-dine husband when a friend of his mistakens her for "another woman". // Vitaphone #4200

The Dinner Party (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Stanley Ridges, Florence Vernon & Daisy Atherton)-May 1929 A party next-door must be bigger than the one these house guests are expecting themselves. // Vitaphone #812

The Diplomats, High Hat Syncopators Of Jazz (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 18, 1927 (filmed May) Features Teddy King, Hal Salies, Johnny Ferrara, Andy Hamilton, Harry Nadell, Walter Read and George **** on the bandstand. // Vitaphone #565

The Dipsy Doodler (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Larry Clinton & Orchestra)-August 1939 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Glossy setting with big windows... all quite formal. Theme title song included. // Vitaphone #247B

Disaster Fighters (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-August 11, 1951 Follow-up to BLAZE BUSTERS with stunning footage of flood and earthquake rescue efforts. // Vitaphone #2075A

Divide And Conquer (War Department: Frank Capra, narrator: Knox Manning) bw-14m-(Broadway Brevity)-August 1, 1942 Similiar but slightly different than Frank Capra's later expanded feature released as part of his "Why We Fight" series. // Vitaphone #1022-1023A

Dixie Days "Negro Spirituals" (---) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© August 18, 1928 (filmed March) A roundup of eight black performers complete with banjo. // Vitaphone #2566

Dixieland (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: John B. Kennedy) bw-10m-(See America First)-August 28, 1934 (Washington DC preview) Tour of the pre-Civil War south. // Vitaphone #1743

Dixieland Jamboree (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl; music: Howard Jackson) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-May 11, 1946 (Completed November '45) Another compilation of previous Melody Master material (including Cab Calloway). // Vitaphone #1411A

Dizzy And Daffy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-21m-(Big V Comedy: Jerome & Paul Dean, Roscoe Ates, Shemp Howard & others)-November 30, 1934 (Film Daily review) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* Shemp gets involved in a baseball game, showcasing a few professionals, in this above average physical comedy. // Vitaphone #1805-1806

Doctor Cupid (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-20m-(Big V Comedy: Ken Murray & Oswald)-September 4, 1937 Ken's mother in law questions his marital fidelity. An old flame upsets things and Oswald must help hide his seedy past as a tattoo artist. (With Gertrude Mudge, Dorothy Edwards & Phyllis Crane) // Vitaphone #7-8B

The Doctor's Wife (---) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety)-November 30, 1930 (Film Daily review; Filmed July) Featuring Franklin Pangborn, Billy Gilbert, Gertrude Astor & Geneva Mitchell. A chiropractor woos a wrester's wife and both get in trouble. // Vitaphone #4260

The Dog In The Orchard (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco; story: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity)-January 18, 1941 (filmed '40) Howard da Silva plays a murderous husband haunted by his wife's dog. Original story by Mary Roberts Rinehart. (Reissued 11-19-55) // Vitaphone #99-100A

Dogie Roundup (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-February 26, 1944 (filmed '43) Profiles Montana ranching. // Vitaphone #1210A

Dogs You Seldom See (Del Frazier; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Cinecolor-10m-(Color Parade / Sports Parade)-July 6, 1940 Profiles less famous breeds like the Saluki and Chinese Crested. // Vitaphone #9754

The Dominion Of Sports (Van Campen Heilner; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-August 31, 1946 (filmed '45) Canadian sports reel. // Vitaphone #1452A

Don Alberto y su Orquestra Argentina (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-April 1929 With Genaro Viega singing with guitar, Epaim Suares on violin and Celestino Bianchi on accordion set in a Spanish courtyard. // Vitaphone #793

Don Bestor And Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-July 9, 1938 With Mildred Law, Ducky Yountz & Joan Merrill // Vitaphone #125B

Don Cossack Chorus (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-April 25, 1942 Serge Jaroff conducts // Vitaphone #824A

Don Cummings, The Drawing Room Roper (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© October 18, 1927 (filmed July) Rustic music , jokes and roping cowboy-style. // Vitaphone #2125

Don Redman & His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-October 29, 1934 (filmed August) Dames & Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Boppy jazz-reel highlighted by "Yeah Man" // Vitaphone #1770

Donald Brian, America's Foremost Musical Comedy Star (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 9, 1929 (filmed July '28) Includes tunes like "What Are We Waiting For Mary?" // Vitaphone #2733

Donde Estas Corazon (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Luana Alcaniz)-February 1930 // Vitaphone #994

Done In Oil (Bryan Foy) bw-17m-(The Potters w/ Lucien Littlefield)-© March 15, 1930 Pa invests his club's money on a phoney scheme... but does find oil. // Vitaphone #3881-3882

Donkey Business (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy & Christina Graver)-© February 5, 1931 Charlie McCarthy joins a touring Boys Scouts in the Grand Canyon and tries to battle the Indians. // Vitaphone #1177

Don't Be Jealous (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Joe E. Brown)-© August 18, 1928 A dance instructor has trouble with a pupil's husband. Co-starring Harry Downing, Eugene Pallette & Patricia Caron // Vitaphone #2590

Don't Forget To Write (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; story: Owen Crump; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-December 5, 1953 (Completed October) Tour of England. // Vitaphone #2327A

Don't Get Nervous (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Georgie Price)-July 28, 1929 (Film Daily review) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Amusing comedy about a vaudeville star making his first... Vitaphone short. Great comic dialogue here that is still fresh today including the often repeated "can I get more money for this" requests. // Vitaphone #841

Don't Handle The Goods (---) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Frank Browne & Kay LaVelle)-© August 25, 1928 (filmed May) A comedienne backed by a xylophonist // Vitaphone #2589

Dooley's The Name (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Francis Dooley & Corinne Sales)-© July 31, 1929 (filmed May) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Comedy and song including "Polly-Molly O" and "Oh Mr. Dooley" // Vitaphone #824

The Doorman's Opera (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity)-September 28, 1935 (filmed July) Features Charlotte Arren, Johnny Broderick, Thelma Leeds & Ray Heatherton. // Vitaphone #1883-1884

Doris Duncan, Herring And Zeb (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© October 17, 1927 (filmed July) With Arthur Kay conducting the Vitaphone Orchestra. Dubbed a “wild ride” by Film Daily 11-11-28. Tunes include "Pal O’Mine” and the popular “Side by Side”. // Vitaphone #2115

Dorothy Whitmore, The Popular Prima Donna In A Song Recital (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© September 5, 1928 (filmed June) Includes the DeSylvia-Brown-Henderson songs "For Old Times Sake" and "My Mammy Is Gone" // Vitaphone #2538

Double Crossing Of Columbus (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Charles Judels, Leona Maricle, Frank McNellis & Jack North)-June 10, 1933 (Film Daily review; filmed December '32) Offbeat ditty about a man in court imagining himself in Christopher Columbus' time. The Rollickers and Maxellos support. // Vitaphone #1527-1528

The Double Crossky (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Olga Baclanova)-April 18, 1936 / A singer accidently signs two conflicting contracts. (With Wilbur Hall, Gretchen Kimmel & Ray Lee) // Vitaphone #1954-1955

Double Exposure (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Big V Comedy: Bob Hope)-November 23, 1935 (filmed July) The Golddiggers Of 1935 *DVD* Mildly amusing Hope comedy has him as a bumbling paparazi photographer. (With Jules Epailly, Johnny Berkes & Loretta Sayers) // Vitaphone #1891-1892

Double Or Another (Double Or Nothing) (Vitaphone- Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Lee Dixon)-April 20, 1940 (filmed June '39) Hollywood impersonators highlight a man's dream sequence. // Vitaphone #245-246B

Double Or Nothing (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-21m-(Broadway Brevity: Phil Harris, Leah Ray, Vickie Joyce & Harry Tyler)-January 18, 1936 (*Academy Award Nominee*) The famous bandleader / comedian temporarily replaces a heavyweight champion with hilarious results. // Vitaphone #1917-1918

Double Talk (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy)-June 26, 1937 (filmed November '36) Hollywood Hotel *DVD* Arguably the best of the Bergen comedies, with Charlie at an orphanage faking an illness in order to be adopted by a prettier lady. // Vitaphone #1991

Dough-Nuts (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: The Yacht Club Boys)-November 14, 1936 (filmed May) Antics on the set of a Canadian Mountie movie shoot. Also a flashback to wartime doughboy days. (With Virginia McNaughton, Johnny Berkes & Jules Epailly) // Vitaphone #1970-1971

Down Singapore Way ((Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Deane H. Dickason; music: Rex Dunn) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-July 20, 1946 (filmed '45) Visiting the East Indies (Indonesia). // Vitaphone #1456A

Down South (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Brox Sisters)-© July 1, 1928 (filmed March) Performing on a draped stage tunes like "Kentucky Babe" and "Call Of The South" // Vitaphone #2571

Down The Blue Danube (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Newman Traveltalk)-June 28, 1931 (Film Daily review) Austrian-German tour in all its beauty. Music by Harold Levey // Vitaphone #1229

Down The Nile (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Owen Crump; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-July 30, 1949 One of several tours of post war Egypt in glorious Technicolor. // Vitaphone #1813A

Dream Café (---) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Jimmy Clemons)-© December 27, 1927 (filmed October) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Quite well-done comedy… and drunk… dancing routine. // Vitaphone #2242

A Dream Come True (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-9m-(Your True Adventure)-June 4, 1938 Stolen jewels are found with a family. Stars Marilyn Jolie, Joyce Gates, Minette Barrett & Frederick Smith. // Vitaphone #47B

A Dream Comes True (George Bilson) bw-8m-(promotional)-November 1935 A Midsummer Night's Dream *DVD* Promotes feature A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM // Vitaphone #7240

Drums Of India (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Owen Crump; music: William Lava; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-April 15, 1949 (completed September '48) Classy India travelogue // Vitaphone #1738A

Du Barry Did It Right (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-22m-(Broadway Brevity: Irene Bordoni)-August 7, 1937 / A French lady jilted by her American husband (focused at the Elks Club) seeks a more successful prospect. Highlights are the musical numbers dancers Eddie Noll & Marian Nolan and even a juggling act by Charles Carrer. // Vitaphone #27-28B

Dublin In Brass (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-22m-(Broadway Brevity: Morton Downey, Andea Marsh & Hugh Cameron)-September 7, 1935 (filmed May '35) An Irishman wants to be a New York policeman, but winds up a singer instead. // Vitaphone #1869-1870

Ducking Duty (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Heinie Conklin & Phil Morgan)-© May 15, 1930 (filmed February) Two soldiers get into a boxing match at their troop's variety show. // Vitaphone #3988

Ducks And Deducts (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bert Swor)-© May 19, 1928 (filmed March) "Negro"-voiced jokes at a Royal Order of Ducks committee // Vitaphone #2544

Dude Ranch Buckaroos (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Arnold Albert; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Lou Marcelle) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-August 14, 1943 Horse-riding and lassoing in California from the director who gave you DESERT PLAYLAND. // Vitaphone #1151A

Dude Rancheroos (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; story: Charles Tedford; ed: Rex Steele; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-June 4, 1949 (filmed '48) More rodeo // Vitaphone #1780A

The Duel (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Lew Fields)-June 1930 A series of comic duels between a French husband and the guy fooling with his wife. (With Verree Teasdale & Jean De Val) // Vitaphone #1028

Dumb Luck (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Frank Orth & Ann Codee)-April 19, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed February) Orth is a detective sent to capture the French leader of a counterfeiting ring. When French Fanny tries to frame him, he is arrested. Eventually, he succeeds to trap her by dumb luck. // Vitaphone #1190

Dutch Treat In Sports (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-February 2, 1952 (Completed October '51) Horse-racing and other sports in the Netherlands are profiled. // Vitaphone #2108A

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Eagles Of The Navy (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; ---) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-April 24, 1943 Filmed at Pensacola Florida training facility. Joe Gosling is the soldier in training.

Earl Burtnett & His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra (---) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© March 3, 1928 (filmed December '27) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Standard jazz reel with band in tuxs. Vitaphone #2285 features "Trees", "3:00 in the Morning" and "Anabelle Lee". // Vitaphone #2285

Earl Burtnett & His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra (2) (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 3, 1928 (filmed December '27) Features "The Sunrise", "If I Should Love You" and "My Blue Heaven" // Vitaphone #2286

Earl Burtnett Orchestra (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-September 29, 1928 (Film Daily review; filmed January) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* features one of these. Vitaphone #2294 includes "What'll You Do" and "The Song Is Ended". // Vitaphone #2294

Earl Burtnett Orchestra #2295 (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 3, 1928 (filmed January) Features "I Fell Over Heels In Love" // Vitaphone #2295

The East Indies (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Musical World Journeys)-© July 23, 1934 (Completed January) // Vitaphone #1650

East Is East (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; script: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson & William Lava; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor / CinemaScope-17m-(Scope Gem)-September 26, 1956 (filmed '55) Tour of Malay, Burma and Thailand. // Vitaphone #2658A

East Side West Side (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Joe Weston & Collette Lyons)-© December 29, 1927 Apache dancing on the bowery // Vitaphone #2318

Easy Aces (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-( Pepper Pot: Easy Aces [Goodman & Jane Ace])-© March 4, 1934 (filmed July '33) This is the first of several comedies featuring the radio stars, but not the first released. // Vitaphone #1578

Echo Mountain (Ralph Staub; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-October 30, 1936 Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Romance in the Swiss Alps. Fred Laurence and Rosalind Marquis head the cast. // Vitaphone #7633-7634

Echoes (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Charles Davis & His Orchestra)-© March 5, 1935 (filmed October '34) Set at a nightclub an fraternity with Cackles O'Neill in support. // Vitaphone #1796

Eddie Conrad, Broadway's Favorite Comedian (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 19, 1927 Accompanied by Charlotte Conrad and ballerina Marion Eddy. Piano selections include Berlin's "Always" and the "Hungarian Rhapsody" // Vitaphone #491

Eddie Conrad, Broadway's Favorite Comedian "So Far So Good" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 18, 1927 (filmed March) Mix of comedy and piano music and ballet with Marion Eddy and Charlotte Conrad. // Vitaphone #563

Eddie DeLange And His Orchestra With Elisse Cooper (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-August 12, 1939 Includes Sissle-Blake's standard "I'm Just Wild About Harry" // Vitaphone #239B

Eddie Duchin & His Orchestra (Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-© November 25, 1933 (filmed May) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Entertaining musical performances done at a club invoving roller skates. // Vitaphone #1558

Eddie Lambert, America's Foremost Concert Pianist (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© January 28, 1929 (filmed December '28) Comic "pronoun" trouble and modernized rendiions of the classics. // Vitaphone #702

Eleanor Painter, The Lyric Soprano (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety)-March 31, 1929 (Film Daily review) Both classical and Irving Berlin's How About Me" with piano // Vitaphone #746

Eliseo Grenet & His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-June 15, 1937 Cuban tunes with Conchita, Jose Negrette, R. Armangod and the Rhumba Sextette. // Vitaphone #9B

The Emergency Case (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Hugh Cameron)-September 5, 1930 (filmed July) / In order to avoid a ticket, a man poses as a doctor. Things go well until a cop's wife needs help. Co-starring Al Ochs & Loretta Shea. // Vitaphone #1063

Emil Coleman And His Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-May 9, 1942 (filmed June '41) Four selections: "Voice of Spring", "Just One of Those Things", "Mexican Magic" and "Shalimar" (Reissued 10-29-49) // Vitaphone #397A

Emil Coleman And His Orchestra With The Nightingales (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-© December 7, 1936 (filmed September) Also Harlan & Hart. Features Coleman's "El Patio". // Vitaphone #1997

Emperor's Horses (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; André De La Varre; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-March 1, 1952 (Completed August '51) Covers Lippizaner horses of Austria. (Reissued December '61) // Vitaphone #2095A

Enchanted Islands (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Owen Crump & Edwin E. Olsen; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-August 4, 1951 (Completed May) Hawaiian documentary that enjoyed better-than-average reviews at the time of its release. Reissued to theaters in October 1960 // Vitaphone #2090A

English As She Is Not Spoken (---) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Val & Ernie Stanton)-© June 30, 1928 Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* More comic wordplay like "platitudinous ponderosity" and witty laugh tunes like "Horsie Keep Your Tail Up". Film Daily reviewed this as “classy” 11-11-28. // Vitaphone #2587

English Outings (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Edwin E. Olsen; story: Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) bw-10m-(Sports Parade)-May 14, 1949 (Completed October '48) Covers British dog trials, horse racing and the regatta. // Vitaphone #1750A

English Singers #416 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 2, 1927 (filmed December '26) They are Flora Mann, Lillian Berger, Norman Stone, Nellie Carson, Norman Motley and Cuthbert Kelly. Includes "Dark Eyed Soldier" and "Turtle Dove" // Vitaphone #416-417

English Singers #417 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 2, 1927 (filmed December '26) Features "Wassail Song" among others // Vitaphone #416-417

Enric Madriguera And His Orchestra (#2) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Lloyd French & Jack Scholl) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-August 10, 1946 (filmed '45) Features hits "Take It Away" and "Mira Mira" // Vitaphone #1457A

Enric Madriguera And Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-January 26, 1938 (filmed '37) The bandleader woos a socirty girl (Patricia Gilmore) in this one. // Vitaphone #90B

Envy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley & Geoffrey Kerry) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Madge Evans, Eric Dresser, Romney Brent & others)-© January 5, 1931 (filmed November '30) / A 1930 version of "spouse swapping" (but with nothing too obsene here), with each couple displaying "envy" for the affections another couple shows. // Vitaphone #1125

Ephraim Zimbalist & Harold Bauer Duet (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-8m35s-(Vitaphone Variety)-August 6, 1926 Don Juan *DVD* Piano and violin using Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata // Vitaphone #281

Ernestine Schumann-Heink (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 18, 1927 (filmed May) The contralto covers Rassbach's "Trees", Huerter's "Pirate Dream" and Schubert's "Der Erlkoenig" // Vitaphone #568

The Eternal Barrier (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Sarah Padden)-© December 29, 1927 (filmed October) Comic monologue // Vitaphone #2246

The Eternal Triangle (---) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© June 30, 1930 (filmed April) Wyndham Standing, Lillian Rich & Armand Kaliz star in this one-reel act about how an American, British and French husband reacts to the unfaithful wife. // Vitaphone #4033

Eva Shirley And Her Versatile Band (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-April 1929 Mostly music but some comedy and Gil Lamb in an early appearance. Also Ray Block, Willie Fratkin and the Two Sammys. // Vitaphone #781

Evening At Home With Hitchy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Raymond Hitchcock)-© April 17, 1929 Comic monologue and song "Here Comes the Groom" // Vitaphone #760

An Evening On The Don (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-May 1926 (test preview) // Vitaphone #183

Every Dog Has His Day (music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-December 22, 1951 (Completed June) Profiles working breeds. // Vitaphone #2072A

An Everyday Occurance (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Wilbur Mack & Gertrude Purdy)-© May 27, 1929 (filmed November '28) A comic "lovers spat" on stage. // Vitaphone #2795

Everything Happens To Me (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: James Carson)-June 1930 He isn't pleased with what he sees in a crystal ball… and already his underwear business is troubled with little help from his family. (Also featured: Leo Hoyt, Sid Garry, Lucille Lortel & Lisa Silbert) // Vitaphone #1046

Evolution (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: ed: Bert Frank) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© June 11, 1930 (Completed April) A short history of the movies with vintage footage going back to The Great Train Robbery. // Vitaphone #1022

The Evolution Of Dixie Overture (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Herman Heller & Vitaphone Orchestra)-© July 2, 1927 (filmed February) // Vitaphone #462

Evolution Of The Dance (---) Technicolor (2-color)-12m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety: Lupino Lane, Billy Taft & Mary Hutchinson)-July 11, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed January) Profiles dances from different countries in costume. // Vitaphone #3895-3896

Excuse The Pardon (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety: Ralph Morgan)-December 7, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed August) / (D) A released prisoner discovers the outside world is not easy. This mini-drama also features Marjorie Gateson, Robert Middleton and Katherine Alexander. // Vitaphone #1069

Exploring The Pacific (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Musical World Journeys)-September 23, 1933 (Completed July) Tour of Cocos Island, the Galapagos & Tahiti // Vitaphone #1587

The Eyes Have It (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m54s-(Pepper Pot: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy & Christina Graver)-© October 3, 1931 (filmed August) The Public Enemy (Greatest Gangster Films Prohibition Era) *DVD* Bergen is the eye doctor trying to prescribe glasses for dummy Charlie (whose vision isn't impaired enough not to "eye" the sexy assistant), but the two wind up fishing later. // Vitaphone #1271

Fabulous Mexico (Hamilton Wright) color-9m-(World Wide Adventure)-October 1962 // Vitaphone #3082A

Facing Your Danger (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Edwin E. Olsen & DeLeon Anthony; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade w/ Technicolor Adventure)-May 11, 1946 (© December 23, 1945) (*Academy Award Winner*) Deception (Bette Davis) *DVD* An exciting trip along the rapids of the Grand Canyon's Colorado River, culminating at Lake Mead. // Vitaphone #1472A

Faint Heart (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-20m-(Vitaphone Variety: Bert Lahr)-© December 21, 1929 (filmed September) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* A zany pajama tailor woos a critical gal by changing his occupation to a cop. The star is famous today as The Wizard of Oz lion. Co-starring Bobbe Arnst, Harry Shannon & Malcolm Duncan // Vitaphone #904-905

Fair Days (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Val Harris & Ann Howe)-© November 24, 1928 (filmed August) Includes a "rube" (a.k.a. rural farmer type) routine by a roadside. // Vitaphone #2757

The Fall Guy (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Ray Hughes & Pam)-© May 12, 1929 (filmed November '28) Jokes and pratfalls on stage. // Vitaphone #2837

The Fallen Star (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: George Rosener)-© November 29, 1929 (filmed September) An aging thespian about to be evicted reenacts his great performances back in the ol' South. // Vitaphone #910

The Familiar Face (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley; story: Russel Crouse) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Hugh O'Connell)-June 9, 1929 (Film Daily review; filmed April) Comedy sketch at a newspaper office with a drunk reporter later seeking a bank robber in a speakaesy. (With Granville Bates, Frank Rowan and William Shelley) // Vitaphone #807

A Family Affair (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Arthur Byron)-© January 28, 1929 (filmed October '28) With Kate, Eileen and Kathryn Byron. Romantic entanglements of a widow's two daughters. // Vitaphone #2704

The Family Ford (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jim Harkins)-May 1929 On the road comedy with the Model T causing havoc. Also cast in this comedy: Marian Harkins, Hope Eden, Harry Lester and Marie Dolan // Vitaphone #790

A Famous Male Impersonator (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Kitty Doner)-September 5, 1928 (filmed July) Often we have guys dressing in drag... here the opposite. // Vitaphone #2668

Famous Movie Dogs (Del Frazier; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: John Deering) Naturalcolor-10m-(Color Parade)-August 17, 1940 Color reel featuring canines who act in the movies, with interesting shots taken at the Burbank lot. // Vitaphone #9686

Fannie Ward The Miracle Woman (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety)-March 24, 1929 (Film Daily review; filmed January) Tunes "Flapper Fannie" and "Radio Widow". Film Daily labeled this one “flat”. // Vitaphone #721

The Fashion Plates Of Harmony (---) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© March 3, 1928 (filmed November '27) Features Messrs. Reese, R.L. Williams & Maginetti "Singing Stylish Songs" like "Wild Man of Borneo" // Vitaphone #2283

Fashions For Tomorrow (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Paul R. Thoma; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-10m-(Technicolor Adventure)-November 17, 1945 Jean Parker and others showcase latest fashions. // Vitaphone #1410A

Fashion's Mirror (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-15m-(Vitaphone Variety: Jack Thompson & Barbara Newberry)-October 19, 1930 (Film Daily; filmed May) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Junior increases sales for pop’s clothing business with fashionable musical numbers like “You Can Tell a Lady by the Way She Wears her Clothes”. // Vitaphone #1045

Fast And Pleasant (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Al Ray) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Billy Wayne & Thelma White)-May 1931 A struggling bellhop finds a rich ga running from her stuffy parents. // Vitaphone #1224

Faster And Faster (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw-10m-(Warner Novelty)-January 21, 1956 (Compiled '55) A short history of boat racing. // Vitaphone #2588A

The Fastest Automobile In The World (---) color-9m-(Worldwide Adventure)-November 5, 1966 Covers Bob and Bill Summers testing the Goldenrod in Bonneville Salt Flats // Vitaphone #3287A

A Fat Chance (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Johnny Perkins)-March 25, 1939 Johnny runs the Roly Poly Club for the stout folks. (With the Sisters Virginia, Gae Foster Girls, Arren & Broderick) // Vitaphone #204-205B

Feminine Types (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jean Barrios)-© December 8, 1928 (filmed July) Female impersonator // Vitaphone #2700

Festival Days (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; story: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor-17m-(Warnercolor Special)-August 13, 1955 Tours of Germany, Austria and Italy. // Vitaphone #2527A

A Few Absurd Moments (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Stanley & Ginger)-© March 12, 1929 (filmed January) Duo sings "That's My Weakness Now" and "Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky" // Vitaphone #714

A Few Minutes In The Mines (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Flynn O'Malley, Vernon Rickard & The Black Diamond Four Quartette)-© March 3, 1928 (filmed November '27) Tunes in the coal mine like "Rocky Road to Dublin" and "Where Do You Work-a John" // Vitaphone #2277

A Few Moments With George Jessel (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: credits unavailable) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: 1R)-(M)-© June 29, 1927 Accompanied by Alex Sater. // Vitaphone #534

Fiesta For Sports (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; André De La Varre; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-December 20, 1952 Tour of Argentina // Vitaphone #2223A

Fifi (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Vivienne Segal, Albert Dekker, William Ingersoll, Flavia Arcaro & Charles Judels)-March 24, 1933 (Film Daily review; filmed December '32) Condensed version of Victor Herbert's "Mlle Modiste". // Vitaphone #1511-1512

Fifty Dollar Bill (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity? w/ George Watts, Eleanor Whitney & Jack Powell)-© July 26, 1935 (filmed March) Two detectives use a counterfeit $50 bill to meet famous people on Broadway and a theater… and radio show. Powell does a blackface act. // Vitaphone #1844-1845

The Fight (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ring Lardner) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety: Harry McNaughton & Charles Lawrence)-© June 9, 1930 (filmed April) Boxing comedy with plenty of visual puns involving the announcer. // Vitaphone #1006

Fight, Fish, Fight (Bob Edge; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Wendell Niles) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-March 1, 1941 Hunting Marlin New Zealand. It is debatable if modern viewers would find this as "exciting" as the BoxOffice reviewer // Vitaphone #82A

Fighting Athletes (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Saul Elkins; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-May 1, 1948 (filmed '47) Indian Army soldiers practice ancient sports. // Vitaphone #1666A

The Fighting Engineers (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; B. Reeves Eason; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special: Richard Travis)-January 2, 1943 (filmed December '42) A boxer joins the Army and is trained to fight the Japanese. // Vitaphone #1095A

The Fighting Judge (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-13m-(Your True Adventure)-July 2, 1938 Profiles Oliver Wendell Holmes' son, wounded in the Civil War. Edward Trevor, J. Covil Dunn, Suzanne Jackson & Patsy Roe star. // Vitaphone #146B

Fighting The Fire Bomb (Office of Emergency Management: Sherman Price; cast: James Lehmann) bw-5m-(War Activities Committee Special)-December 23, 1941//

Filipino Sports Parade (Howard Hill; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-June 17, 1944 Howard Hill makes an appearance with ex-natives training at Camp Cook in California. // Vitaphone #1252A

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The Film Follies (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity)-June 29, 1935 (filmed March)

Fin 'N Feathers (A. Pam Blumenthal & André de la Varre: Van Campen Heilner; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-April 27, 1946 (© December 29, 1945) Duck & pheasant hunting shot in color. // Vitaphone #1449A

Find The Woman (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley & Russel Crouse) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Hugh O'Connell)-© April 30, 1930 (filmed February) A drunk reporter gets entangled with a female convict, but winds up dressed in drag. // Vitaphone #978

Finders Keepers (Bryan Foy & George Kelly) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: Helen Ferguson, John Litel & Janet Adair)-© November 25, 1929 Mini drama about a lost wallet with $400 and a debate regarding honesty. // Vitaphone #3179-3180

Fire, Wind And Flood (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-April 30, 1955 Priceless newsreel selection of of famous natural disasters in the US. // Vitaphone #2485A

Fired Again (---) bw/silent-2 reels-(Al St. John)-July 1920

Fish Are Where You Find Them (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Warnercolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-January 14, 1956 (filmed '55) Fishing techniques in Germany, Florida, the Andes Mountains and Austria are examined. // Vitaphone #2556A

Fisherman's Holiday (narrator: Frank McHugh) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-November 1932 Tuna fishing profiled. Follow-up is SEA DEVILS. // Vitaphone #5532

Fishing Around (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Howard Anderson, Rean? Graves & Cole Carroll)-© September 28 1929 (filmed July) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* A married couple banter by the seaside dock. // Vitaphone #866

Fishing The Florida Keys (Joseph Gibson; music: Rex Dunn) Technicolor-15m-(Sports Parade)-September 27, 1947 Standard sports-reel // Vitaphone #1602A

Five Minutes From The Station (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-14m-(Vitaphone Variety)-October 10, 1930 (filmed June) Early performance by Sylvia Sidney as a woman who aids her husband's success on his job. Costars Lynne Overman and Berton Churchill. // Vitaphone #1051-1052

The Flag Of Humanity (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-19m29s-(Technicolor "Broadway Brevity" Special: Nana Bryant, Fay Helm, John Hamilton, Ted Osborne & others)-October 19, 1940 (filmed August) Virginia City *DVD* Biopic on Clara Barton. The last of the Technicolor "historicals". (Reissued 1-24-53) // Vitaphone #9889-9890

The Flame Song (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-22m-(Broadway Brevity: Bernice Claire, J. Harold Murray)-October 27, 1934 (filmed July) Two cousins battle over the princely throne in an unidentified European nation (Floreston). The dethrowned stages a comeback posing as a chauffeur. // Vitaphone #1762-1763

Flaming Youth (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Little Billy)-© March 7, 1929 (filmed December '28) Musical performance with "Little Billee" at a reception hall. // Vitaphone #2869

The Flattering Word (Bryan Foy & George Kelly) bw-18m-(Vitaphone Variety: Harrison Ford, Janet Adair, Blanche Frederici & John Litel)-© November 25, 1929 Following an actor on tour // Vitaphone #3238-3239

Fliver Wedding (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Monty Banks)-October 10, 1920 (Film Daily review)

Flivver Flying (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Randolph Clarity; music: Rex Dunn) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-June 30, 1945 Contrasts new and antique planes and autos. // Vitaphone #1365A

The Flonzaley Quartet, The World's Foremost String Ensemble #466 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 18, 1927 (filmed February) Adolfo Betti and Alfred Pochon on violin. Iwan D'Archambeau on cello and Nicolas Moldavan on viola. Features "Irish Reel" and Mendelssohn's "Conzonetta". // Vitaphone #466

The Flonzaley Quartet, The World's Foremost String Ensemble #467 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 18, 1927 (filmed February) Features Borodin's "Nocturne" and "Mozart's "Minuet" // Vitaphone #467

Florence Moore And Lt. Gitz Rice (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 18, 1928 (filmed April '27) Probably less famous as a film than for the ruckus with the William Morris Agency demanding that Warner Bros. pay their performers well enough. // Vitaphone #519

The Florentine Choir “Italy’s Greatest Ensemble” #2281 (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 18, 1928 (filmed December '27) Features "A Doramus te Christie" and CARMEN's "Toreador Song" // Vitaphone #2281

The Florentine Choir “Italy’s Greatest Ensemble” #2282 (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 18, 1928 (filmed December '27) Features "Nina Nanna" and "Santa Lucia Luntana" // Vitaphone #2282

Flowers From The Sky (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Josephine Houston)-July 24, 1937 / Flowers from an unknown admirer gets an overworked singing star curious. Supporting cast: The Debonaires, Charles King, Harland Dixon and Morgan Conway. // Vitaphone #22-23B

Fly Fishing (Dick Miller & Del Frazier; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Wendell Niles) color-9m-(Sports Parade)-September 21 1940 Lesser sports reel // Vitaphone #9902

Flying Sportsman In Jamaica (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-© May 17, 1947 (Completed October '46) / Specifically crickett and rafting // Vitaphone #1525A

Foiled Again (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ralph Staub) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Ben Blue)-© March 20, 1934 (filmed November '33) Ben mentally becomes an Englishman thanks to a new machine that manipulates minds. (With Sybil Burns, Robert Malcolm & Russell Hicks) // Vitaphone #1644-1645

Food And Magic (Gordon Hollingshead/US Office of War: Jean Negulesco; music: William Lava) bw-10m-(War Activities Committee Special)-November 18, 1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars *DVD* // Vitaphone #1180A

Football Highlights (Football Thrills) (DeLeon Anthony; narrator: Wendell Niles) part color-10m-(Sports Parade / Hollywood Novelty)-August 31, 1940 (review date, general release September 28) Overview of newsreel clips includes scenes with Knute Rockne // Vitaphone #9873

Football Magic (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dan Donaldson) bw-18m-(Special / Classic Of The Screen)-September 4, 1948 Robert Youngson's first docu-short for the studio, making great use of the recently acquired Pathé newsreel library. // Vitaphone #1735A

Football Royal (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-March 19, 1955 (filmed '54) A 16th century ballgame is performed in Florence, Italy. (Reissued February '65) // Vitaphone #2464A

Footlights (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-19m-(Broadway Brevity: Barbara Newberry & Russ Brown)-January 2, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed November 1931) An oil man mistaken for a musical director presents sketches to an angel and various numbers come to life. With the Giersdorf Sisters, the Buccaneers & Albertina Rasch Girls in support. // Vitaphone #1299-1300

Footnotes (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 30, 1930 (filmed February) Musical numbers come to life as a producer is sold by an idea man. Highlight number has chorus girls on musical notes. Featuring Margie Finley, William Carey, Oscar Grogan & the Page Sisters. // Vitaphone #985

For All The World's Children (William McClure; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw- (Warner Pathé News Special)-January 1, 1950 (filmed '49) Made for UNICEF

For Art's Sake (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Harold Beaudine) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Helen Broderick & Lester Crawford)-October 5, 1930 Comedy of manners that starts at the barber shop // Vitaphone #1085

For Goodness Sake! (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Sidney Marion & Adele Jason)-October 1929 Comedy and he tune "I'm Ca-razy for You" // Vitaphone #924

For Sale (Bryan Foy) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety: Gregory Ratoff)-© November 25, 1929 (filmed September) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Comedy about a remedy salesman who just won't give up. // Vitaphone #3335

For Sports' Sake (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Brooke Temple) bw-10m-(Our Own U.S.)-August 5, 1936 (Film Daily review; filmed '35) Highlight is baseball on mules // Vitaphone #1865

For The Love Of Pete (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-21m-(Joe Palooka w/ Robert Norton & Shemp Howard)-March 14, 1936 Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* This ambitious comedy series ultimately proved a bit of a flop, despite some good performances by Bob Norton and a pre-Three Stooges Shemp. (The problems were with the writing, not the actors.) In this first (and above-average) outing, a champion round in the boxing ring starts when Joe's friend's dog gets kicked. With Lucy Parker, Johnny Berkes and Richard Lane in support. // Vitaphone #1930-1931

For Two Cents (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: De Wolf Hopper)-August 1930 With Stanley Ridges in this dark comdy about a reporter pressuring a sick man to die for a headline story. // Vitaphone #1078

For Your Convenience (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Mewman: co-d: Ira Genet; narrator: Dwight Weist) Technicolor-9m-(Color Parade)-May 20, 1939 A slightly more comic variation of Mechanix Illustrated series. Includes hiding black eyes with makeup, parachutes, coffee makers and vibrating machines for "girth". // Vitaphone #187B

Forbidden Desert (Cedric Francis, producer; Jackson Winter; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor-45m-(Warnercolor Featurette)-December 21, 1957 Extra-length travelogue of Arabia and mini-biopic on early 19th century Swiss traveler John Lewis Burckhardt (played by Rafik Shammas). // Vitaphone #2702A

A Force Of Readiness (William Hendricks; narrator: Jack Webb) Technicolor-26m-(Featurette)-May 25, 1961 Made for US Marines // Vitaphone #3086A

Fore (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© June 30, 1930 (filmed April) Featuring Wallace Ford, Lenita Lane & Val Sherry. Struggles of a "golf widow". // Vitaphone #1018

The Foreigner (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Leo Carrillo)-© April 30, 1928 (filmed December '27) Comic monologue about George Washington and other subjects. // Vitaphone #2369

The Forest Commandos (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Van Campen Heilner & André De La Varre; music: Rex Dunn) Technicolor-19m-(Technicolor Special)-January 19, 1946 (Completed September '45) Forest Protection Service of the Department of Lands and Forests, Ontario co-produced this salute to forest fire-fighters. Most surviving prints are curiously in black & white, but a color version may be available. // Vitaphone #1406A

Forget Me Knots (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-21m-(Broadway Headliners)-May 7, 1938 Bernice Claire and Eugene Sigaloff star as dancer and stage manager and a romantic tangle up involving his forgetfulness with tied fingers. // Vitaphone #102-103B

Forty Boys And A Song (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Irving Allen) bw-11m-(Melody Master: Robert Mitchell's Boy Choir)-December 6, 1941 (filmed June '41) (*Academy Award Nominee*) The Bride Came C.O.D. *DVD* Part musical performance, part documentary on the boys school. (Reissued 1-14-50) // Vitaphone #414A

42nd Street ("Zweiundvierzigste Strasse") (---) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Frank Orth & Ann Codee)-January 19, 1929 (filmed October '28) German and French version of AFTER THE HONEYMOON (qv) // Vitaphone #2709

Forward Together (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: John B. Kennedy) bw-10m-(See America First)-July 13, 1935 / Last of a series profiling US history features newsreel clips of FDR and the Depression. // Vitaphone #1750

The Four Aristocrats #544 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 11, 1927 (filmed May) Four back to back performances featuring Bert Bennett, Fred Weber, Eddie Lewis and Tom Miller. Starts with "Regular Girl". // Vitaphone #544

The Four Aristocrats #545 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 11, 1927 (filmed May) Starts with "A LittleMusic in the Moonlight" // Vitaphone #545

The Four Aristocrats #546 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 11, 1927 (filmed May) Starts with "Hello Swanee Hello" // Vitaphone #546

The Four Aristocrats #547 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 11, 1927 (filmed May) Starts with "Rose Colored Glasses" // Vitaphone #547

The Four Buddies, Harmony Songsters (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 22, 1927 (filmed June) Featuring Leonard Saxon, Philip Duey, James Waites and Henry Shope // Vitaphone #609

The Fowl Triangle (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Alan Wood & Donna Pasdeloup)-April 1930 A crazy inventor obsessed with chicken eggs neglects his wife. // Vitaphone #1023

The Fox And The Bee (The Bee And The Fox) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Harry Fox & Bee Curtis)-© July 23, 1929 Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Tunes of "Underneath the Wabash Moon" and "Love Baby" intermixed with comedy. // Vitaphone #829

Foys For Joys (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Eddie Foy Jr. & The Foy Family)-© July 1, 1928 (filmed April) // Vitaphone #2579

The Frame (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: William Boyd & Charles Middleton)-© April 30, 1930 (filmed September '29) Mini courtroom drama with a crook claiming he framed himself for another. // Vitaphone #3190

Frances Alda And The Vitaphone Symphony (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 9, 1927 (filmed February) Rendition of "Star Spangled Banner" // Vitaphone #451

Frances Carroll And The Coquettes (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-February 10, 1940 (filmed March '39) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Viola Smith and Eunice Healy highlight this all-female band // Vitaphone #220B

Frances Shelley And The Four Eton Boys (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety)-July 28, 1929 (Film Daily review) Featuring Charlie & Jack Day, Eddie Murray and Earl Smith. Tunes include "Am I Blue?" popular that year by Ethel Waters. // Vitaphone #846

Frances Shelley, The Girl With The Guitar (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 15, 1929 Two standards still familiar: "She's Funny That Way" and "I'll Get By" // Vitaphone #713

Frances Williams, Broadway's Queen Of Jazz (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 18, 1927 (filmed May) Assisted by Leo Feiner and the Vitaphone Symphony. Reviewed by Film Daily 9-4-28. // Vitaphone #573

Frank And Teddy Sabini, Popular Italian Comedians (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© December 4, 1927 (filmed September) Tunes include "Pastafazooli" and "Minnie the Mermaid" // Vitaphone #2160

Frank Crumit, The One Man Glee Club (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© March 19, 1929 (filmed January) Includes familiar oldies like "The Preacher and the Bear" and "In the Shade of the Appletree" // Vitaphone #727

Frank Moulan, Comedian And Comic Song Writer (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 8, 1927 (filmed June) Includes his hits "Apple Sauce" and "How I Love My Little Red" // Vitaphone #608

Frank Richardson, The Joy Boy Of Song (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 17, 1928 (filmed November '27) Vitaphone #2270. Comedy and songs starting off with "Just the Same" // Vitaphone #2270

Frank Richardson, The Joy Boy Of Song #2 (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 18, 1928 (filmed December '27) Vitaphone #2329 features “My Blue Heaven”. Reviewed by Film Daily 11-11-28. // Vitaphone #2329

Frank Whitman, The Surprising Fiddler (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© January 22, 1929 (filmed December '28) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Fascinating novelty act. Shows its age a bit in filming technique. "Irish Wash Woman" and "O Katherine" are two tunes. // Vitaphone #703

Fred Allen's Prize Playlettes (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Fred Allen)-© November 25, 1929 (filmed September) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Warner Bros.-Vitaphone probably tested more future radio and TV stars than any other company. The soon-to-be radio star either wrote or starred in a few shorts for either Vitaphone or Paramount through 1931. This one has him trying to sell one act plays to a critical producer. // Vitaphone #903

Freddie Fisher And His Band (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-December 18, 1943 Includes "Colonel Corn" and "Old Hank" (Reissued 10-11-52) // Vitaphone #1196A

Freddie Martin And His Orchestra (Freddy Martin And His Orchestra) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Paul & Eva Reyes)-May 11, 1935 (filmed December '34) A musical trip around the world. (Reissued 9-13-47) // Vitaphone #1820

Freddie Martin And His Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-April 12, 1941 (filmed October '40) A variety ranging from "I Get a Kick Out of You" to "Tales fom the Vienna Woods" // Vitaphone #58A

Freddie Rich And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-11m3s-(Melody Master)-May 28, 1938 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & The Adventures Of Robin Hood (2 disc & Greatest Classic Legends Errol Flynn) *DVD*: Joe Sodja is the guitarist trying to interrupt the band playing. // Vitaphone #122B

Free And Easy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-8m-(Pepper Pot: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy & Christina Graver)-November 8, 1931 (Film Daily review) As hobos sitting by the fire, Charlie and Bergen fantasize an encounter with a gypsy fortune teller. // Vitaphone #1285

Free Enterprise (Wiliam Hendricks & Hal Greer; narrator: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) color-15m-(documentary)-1975

A Free People (William L. Hendricks) color-20m-(for the US Army)-March 1965 (preview; general release February 1971) Another compilation of clips saluting American history, initially made for the U.S. Army // Vitaphone #3218A

Freedom Road (Mattco Associates) color-17m-(Worldwide Adventure)-July 5, 1969 // Vitaphone #3444A

The Freedom Train (---) bw-14m-(promotional)-December 1947 Made for the Marshall Plan. Shows how US aid will feed a hungry post war Europe.//

The Freeman Sisters (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 22, 1927 (filmed June) Full title "Sunshine Spreaders From Roxy's Gang". First names Mildred and Marjorie and their talents are with piano and ukelele. // Vitaphone #625

French Leave "War Days In The Trenches" (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Mildred Bailey & The Frolickers Quartette)-© November 23, 1927 (filmed September) Comedy and music in the trenches // Vitaphone #2149

Fresh Air (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Monty Banks)-August 1921

Fresh From Hollywood (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jimmy Duffy & Helen Gleason)-© May 12, 1929 (filmed March) Singing "I'm Mr. Duffy of Gallegher and Shean" and "I've Got a Horse and Cornet" // Vitaphone #775

Freshman Love (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-16m-(Vitaphone Variety: Ruth Etting)-April 12, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed February) Musical romance on campus with Don Tompkins and Jeanie Lang. // Vitaphone #1204-1205

A Friend Of Father's (---) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: Al Lydell & Bobby Higgins)-© August 18, 1928 (filmed June) A rural hick has some jokes when a girl courts his son. // Vitaphone #2620

From Bethlehem To Jerusalem (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(World Adventures)-© November 26, 1932 (Completed June) // Vitaphone #1428

Frontier Days (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-17m-(Technicolor Special)-October 20, 1945 (filmed May '45) San Antonio *DVD* Robert Shayne, Dorothy Malone and Rory Mallinson… along with some borrowed stock footage from Dodge City… highlight this glossy western 2-reeler. Shane is Marshall Jim Blake, dealing with a gang-leader who rustles both bison and Indians as crooks who must be brought to justice. Malone stays out of his way as his "love interest" for fear that his macho-ism isn't in jeopardy. (Reissued 6-4-54) // Vitaphone #1375A

Fury In The Pacific (US Navy: narrator: Richard Carlson) bw-20m-(War Activities Committee Special)-March 22, 1945

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G.I. Holiday (Cedric Francis, producer; Dick Durrance; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-July 25, 1954 Covers military sports in the scenic Bavarian Alps. // Vitaphone #2402A

Gadgeteers (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Warren Asche, Marjorie Stafford & Fred Harper)-February 18, 1939 (filmed '38) Comic demonstrations are made of goofy inventions like an automobile that prints advertisements. // Vitaphone #172B

Gadgets Galore (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist & Ward Wilson) bw-10m-(Warner Novelty)-July 30, 1955 (*Academy Award Nominee*) Pete Kelly's Blues *DVD* Profile of the early automobile, among other novelties three and four decades ago. Includes clips from feature The First Auto. // Vitaphone #2512A

The Gale Brothers, Juvenile Comedians (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 8, 1927 (filmed June) Names Abraham and Isadore // Vitaphone #610

Gangway (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-18m-(Vitaphone Variety: Joe Penner)-August 16, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed March) Initially titled BIG CAESAR. A mobster's sidekick foils a rival robber's jewel theft at a society masquerade. Polly Walters co-stars. // Vitaphone #1198-1199

A Garden Of Songs (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Harrington Sisters)-© January 21, 1928 (filmed October '27) // Vitaphone #2262

Gary Cooper Navy Recruiting Trailer (narrator: Gary Cooper) bw-9m-(promotional)-August 1949 // Vitaphone #1852A

Gates Of Happiness (Carl McBride) bw- (Vitaphone Variety:Arthur West)-May 1930 Fantasy musical set in Happyland with Ty Parvis, the Murray Sisters, 20th Century Steppers and Norman Spencer Singers. // Vitaphone #4149

Gateway To Africa (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Howard Claney) Cinecolor-10m-(Colortour Adventures)-June 12, 1937 Tour of Morocco with stops at Fez and Muliebris. // Vitaphone #2031

The Gatling Gun (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bert Hanlon)-August 1928 // Vitaphone #2744

Gauchos Of The Pampas (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Owen Crump; story: Charles L. Tedford; music: William Lava; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-October 9, 1948 (filmed '46, edited '47) Filmed in Uraguay's San Pedro O'Timore ranch. // Vitaphone #1748A

The Gay Nineties Or, The Unfaithful Husband (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Larry Bolton, Lenita Lane & others)-© July 22, 1929 (filmed May) Also cast: Elizabeth Patterson, Sidney Toler and Eunice Howard. Musical set in a cafe with a wife torn by gossip about her husband. // Vitaphone #811

The Gay Parisian (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) Technicolor-20m-(Miniature)-December 26, 1941 (*Academy Award Nominee*) The Maltese Falcon (2-disc version & Greatest Classic Films Murder Mysteries) *DVD* One of two Technicolor stagings of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performing to the music of 'Jacques Offenbach'. Filmed back to back with The Gay Parisian, which might have been previewed in December 1941 also. // Vitaphone #632-633A

Gem Of The Ocean (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; music: William Lava; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-April 13, 1946 (filmed '45) Guam travelogue, post war. // Vitaphone #1430A

The Gem Of The Ocean (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Jeanne Aubert)-© December 4, 1934 (filmed August) Destination Tokyo *DVD* A French lady with a great soprano voice finds romance, then temporarily loses her beau over a missing ring incident. All set on an ocean liner with lively musical numbers involving tap dancing, martini shaking and an undersea dream sequence with mermaids and octopus (?!). (With Ralph Riggs, Sheldon Leonard & Four Eton Boys) // Vitaphone #1766-1767

Gene Morgan, The West's Comedian And His Orchestra (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 17, 1928 (filmed October '27) // Vitaphone #2266

General Vitaphone Trailer (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Conrad Nagel)-© March 31, 1928 (filmed January) // Vitaphone #2430

George Hall And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-11m-(Melody Master)-January 9, 1937 (filmed December '36) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & Bullets Or Ballots (Greatest Gangster Films Edward G. Robinson) *DVD* The band hangs out in the basement, where dated (and unfunny) jokes involve a "spooked" janitor. // Vitaphone #2056

George Jessel (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-October 5, 1926 (filmed August) Another giant in 20th century entertainment (although fewer remember him today) makes his film debut. // Vitaphone #355

George Jessel And His Russian Art Choir (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: George Jessel)-© February 20, 1931 Smart Money (Greatest Gangster Films Prohibition Era) *DVD* Includes a "high brow" rendition of "All God's Cillun Got Shoes" you have to see to believe. // Vitaphone #1176

George Jessel in "An Office Scene" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: George Jessel, Muriel Gray, Gladys Keck and Charles Canfield)-June 29, 1927 Comedy sketch also known as "A Theatrical Booking Office" // Vitaphone #535

Get Rich Quick (Ralph Staub) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Allen Jenkins, Eddie Shubert, Mary Treen & Herman Bing)-© July 6, 1935 (filmed September '34) A streetcar conductor's lottery win gives him more than he bargains for. // Vitaphone #1728-1729

Getting A Raise (Bryan Foy) bw-12m-(The Potters w/ Lucien Littlefield)-© February 17, 1930 The first in a series of "average family" comedies, based on the stage success and recent feature film. Mary Hutchinson and Billy Taft also appear in these. // Vitaphone #3800-3801

Ghost To Ghost Hookup (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Radio Ramblers)-April 3, 1937 (filmed August '36) The popular celebrity-impersonators find themselves playing with a deserted house and its haunted radio sets. // Vitaphone #2014

The Gigolo Racket (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Vitaphone Variety: Helen Morgan)-June 21, 1931 (Film Daily review) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* A singer's manager has her romance a playboy for publicity. He, in turn, actually falls in love with her. (With Reed Brown Jr. & Joseph Striker) // Vitaphone #1255-1256

Ginsburg Of Newburg (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety:Eddie Lambert & William Irving)-May 1930 Two dim-witted real estate agents sell the same house to different prospects. // Vitaphone #4160

Giovanni Martinelli (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© January 5, 1931 (filmed December '30) Includes "Love's Garden of Roses" and "Because". // Vitaphone #1024

Giovanni Martinelli (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (2 shorts initially)-(Vitaphone Variety)-August 6, 1926 (filmed June '26) Don Juan *DVD* #198 & 204 Footage from this landmark opera performance is included in documentaries like THE VOICE THAT THRILLED THE WORLD (1943). All of the August 6th releases were first shown with Don Juan, a feature with a synchronized score and sound effects. The October bunch were unveiled with The Better 'Ole. // Vitaphone #198

Giovanni Martinelli Assisted by Louis D'Angelo (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-April 1927 Two back to back shorts feature Act 4 of Halevy's "La Juive" // Vitaphone #509

Giovanni Martinelli "Carnival" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-April 12, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed February) Assisted by John Harvard, Giovanni sings some English tunes "Love's Garden of Roses" and "Because" // Vitaphone #1174

Giovanni Martinelli (#510) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-April 1927 Features "Va Prononcer Ma Mort" from Act 4 of Halevy's "La Juive" // Vitaphone #510

Giovanni Martinelli And Livia Maracci (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-December 15, 1929 (Film Daily review; filmed October) Features "M'Appari" from Flotow's MARTHA. // Vitaphone #932

Giovanni Martinelli Assisted By Jeanne Gordon (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: 3 shorts)-(Vitaphone Variety)-© April 18, 1927 Scenes from Bizet's "Carmen" // Vitaphone #474

Giovanni Martinelli In The Prison Scene Of "Faust" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-April 6, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed January) Classical drama. A bit stagey. // Vitaphone #974

Giovanni Martinelli Singing "Céleste Aïda" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© May 15, 1930 Second film rendition, See 1929's CELESTE AIDA. // Vitaphone #953

Giovanni Martinelli Singing Arias From "Verdis Il Trovatore" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© January 18, 1930 (filmed November '29) // Vitaphone #944

Girl Trouble (Eddie Cline) Technicolor (2-color)-18m-(Technicolor Special: Mitchell & Durant)-© March 1, 1934 (filmed October '33) // Vitaphone #1505-1506

Girls And Flowers (André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson & Vaughan; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Technicolor Adventure)-May 25, 1946 (filmed '45) Tours Holland, Michigan and Cypress Gardens, Florida. // Vitaphone #1428A

Girls We Remember (---) Technicolor (2-color)-10m-(Mack College Quartette, the DeMarcos & Mitzi Mayfair)-© September 6, 1930 (filmed April) Four men at a hunting lodge remember their gals... and musical numbers are performed. // Vitaphone #4080

Giuseppe De Luca (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© May 6, 1927 Performs "The Barber Of Seville". TCM shows this quite a bit. // Vitaphone #488

Give Me Liberty (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; B. Reaves Eason & Forrest Barnes) Technicolor-21m-(Technicolor Special: John Litel, Robert Warwick, Nedda Harrington & others)-December 19, 1936 (previewed the 3rd) (*Academy Award Winner*) Charge Of The Light Brigade *DVD* Dramatization of the American events of 1775-1776. Some footage was rotoscoped for the classic animated Old Glory, starring Porky Pig. (Reissued 6-10-50) // Vitaphone #7766-7767

Give Us A Lift (Bryan Foy) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Flo Lewis & Leo Karlyn)-© December 13, 1928 (filmed October) Film Daily comments that some of the humor here is a bit risqué as Flo tries to ride in a very small auto. // Vitaphone #2708

Giving In (Murray Roth) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety: Harry Delf, Hedda Hopper & others)-© July 1, 1928 (filmed March) Hedda plays Harry’s mother-in-law keeping him from his usual poker game outings but proving a “high stepper” herself on the nightclub circuit. // Vitaphone #2563

The Gladiator (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jimmy Conlin & Myrtle Glass)-November 1928 Comedy and music with a couple visiting a masquerade party. He wants to ride a horse as a gladiator. // Vitaphone #2820

Glamour In Sports (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-January 13, 1945 (filmed '44) Various female athletes at Rollins College in Florida are profiled. // Vitaphone #1292A

Glamour In Tennis (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Miklos Dora & André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson) bw-9m-(Sports Parade)-September 6, 1951 Biopic on tennis star Nancy Chaffee. // Vitaphone #2096A

Glamour Town (Philip Tannura; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Technicolor Adventure)-August 2, 1947 (Completed April '46) Latest Hollywood California tour. // Vitaphone #1479A

The Glee Quartette (The Glee Club) (---) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety: Jack Buchanan)-© February 17, 1930 (filmed December '29) The Band Wagon & Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Early tap-dancing and jokes with a future stage star famous costarring with Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon. // Vitaphone #3816

Glen Gray And The Casa Loma Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-August 12, 1941 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Some boppy numbers here including "Darktown Strutters Ball" and an impressive use of mirrors // Vitaphone #479A

A Glimpse Of The Stars (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Paula Trueman)-© December 21, 1929 (filmed September) Spoofs Helen Hayes and Greta Garbo // Vitaphone #909

The Globe Trotters (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bill Bailey & Barnum)-© July 1, 1928 (filmed March) Tunes include "Is She My Girlfriend?" // Vitaphone #2556

Glorifying The American Song (---) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety: The Brox Sisters)-© July 1, 1928 (filmed March) Includes Berlin's "Sunshine" // Vitaphone #2570

Glorifying The Popular Song (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Ruth Etting)-© October 29, 1929 (filmed August) The first of many Vitaphone shorts to feature Etting. // Vitaphone #2570

The Glory Around Us (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist & Dan Donaldson) bw-20m-(Classics of the Screen)-July 2, 1955 Old clips of wild animals, Yosemite, California's Burbank Gardens, etc. // Vitaphone #2504A

The Gob (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-16m-(Vitaphone Variety: Hal Skelly & Madge Evans)-© December 9, 1930 (filmed September) A sailor on leave gets carried away skirt-chasing // Vitaphone #1098-1099

Gobs Of Fun (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ray McCarey) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: George Givot & Charlie Judels)-© October 11, 1933 (filmed May) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* Two sailors and their first mate fall for a married lady... and try avoiding her husband. (With Olive Borden & Toney Hughes) // Vitaphone #1549-1550

Going Places (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety: Shaw & Lee)--© June 9, 1930 (filmed April) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* The dead pan duo crashes a restaurant with the "cream of society". (One jokes "The cream of today is the cheese of tomorrow") // Vitaphone #1027

Gold Digging Gentlemen (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety)-August 23, 1931 (Film Daily review) Featuring Al Klein, Maria Gambarelli, Joan Abbott, Harriet Nawrot & Co. Women "purchase" guys for dates at auction and attend a skating party. // Vitaphone #1263

The Golden Tomorrow (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; story: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor-17m-(Warnercolor Special)-November 5, 1955 Tour of modern Venezuela and its wealth in oil and agriculture. // Vitaphone #2536A

Gone Fishin' (Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-September 12, 1953 / Compilation of vintage fishing footage from different locales. Popular enough to be reissued to theaters in April 1965. // Vitaphone #2285A

Good Badmitten (---) bw-10m-(Pepper Pot: Hugh Herbert & Walter Pigeon)-June 1934 Two stars learn about the sport. Reviewed by Film Daily 5-7-36. // Vitaphone #6431

Good Morning, Eve! (Roy Mack) Technicolor-19m-(Technicolor Special: Leon Erroll)-August 5, 1934 Dames & Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Adam (Leon) and Eve (June MacCloy) visit the "future" of mankind through Roman times, the Middle Ages and 1934 California "swinging" beaches. Outstanding use of Technicolor here. Vernon Dent and Maxine Doyle also have prominent roles here. // Vitaphone #1702-1703

Good Mourning (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Eddie Foy Jr. & Eric Dressler)-August 23, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed March) The guys are partying with blondes instead of attending a funeral as their wives think. (With Thelma White, Peggy Shannon, Doris Covert & Mel Efird) // Vitaphone #1206

Good Old Corn (Everett Dodd & Saul Elkins; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) bw-17m-(Special)-November 24, 1945 (Completed March) Vintage Mack Sennett comedies. // Vitaphone #1353A

The Good Old Plumbertime (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Johnny Berkes)-© August 24, 1936 Not just about plumbing. Also jokes with a canine, baby and detectives. Hugh Cameron, Loretta Sayers, Grace Worth and Donald MacBride also star. // Vitaphone #1995-1996

Good Pie Forever (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: Billy Wayne & Thelma White)-© April 13, 1931 (filmed February) Slapstick comedy of a bakery throwing pies to increase sales // Vitaphone #1186

Good Times (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Madge Evans)-© February 16, 1931 (filmed December '30) Society highbrows try to help the poor newsmen in a breadline. // Vitaphone #1171

Gossip (Bryan Foy) bw-18m-(Vitaphone Variety: Robert Emmet Keane, John Milijan & Claire Whitney)-March 31, 1929 (Film Daily review; filmed October '28) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Comedy sketch in a hotel parlor // Vitaphone #2849-2850

Got A Match? (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-18m-(Presentation Revue: George Dobbs, Joan Abbott & others)-April 2, 1938 (filmed August '36) College students get musical while learning Egyptology. // Vitaphone #1986-1987

Gotham Rhythm Boys Rhythmic (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© September 28, 1929 (filmed June) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Includes standards like "My Irish Rose". Eddie Lewis is on steel guitar here with Tom Miller and Lou Monte on Spanish and tenor guitar respectively. // Vitaphone #832

Grace Johnston And The Indian Five (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© September 7, 1929 (filmed July) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Excellent singing with a jazz band. A bit stiff cinematically though. // Vitaphone #869

Grace La Rue, The International Star Of Song (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-16m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© April 30, 1929 Features "Where's the Boy for Me?" and "I Love Your Eyes" // Vitaphone #739

The Graditude Train (---) bw-9m-(promotional)-February 1950 (filmed '49) Profiles a post-war train of support to Europe. // Vitaphone #1911A

The Grand Dame (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Patsy Kelly)-May 2, 1931 (filmed March) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Patsy the gangster’s gal mixes with “swells” who are hardly innocent themselves. A great example of a very talented comedienne overcoming an ordinary storyline. // Vitaphone #1203

Grand Uproar (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jim McWilliams)-© June 8, 1930 (filmed March) Piano and songs from the classical (Carmen) to the silly (The Farmer and the Dell) // Vitaphone #1000

Grandad Of Races (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-September 2, 1950 (filmed '49; edited '50) (*Academy Award Winner*) The West Point Story *DVD* Profiles the famous Palio horse race of Siena, Italy held in July. (Reissued May '61) // Vitaphone #1950A

Grandfather's Follies (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco & Jack Scholl) bw-18m-(Special w/ Lynn Daggett & January Clayton)-February 26, 1944 (filmed September '43) Famous moments in turn-of-the-century theater history recreated. Also featuring Angela Greene, Virginia Patton and Charles Foy. (Reissued 11-13-48) // Vitaphone #1194A

The Grass Is Always Greener (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Richard L. Bare; music: William Lava) bw-17m-(Special w/ Chill Wills, Vince Barnett, John Kellogg & Ned Glass)-December 26, 1949 (*Academy Award Nominee*) My Dream Is Yours *DVD* Based on Robert Finch's 1939 one-act play Summer Comes To Diamond O, a bunch of cowpunchers spruce up their quarters to keep one from leaving for Mexico. // Vitaphone #1885A

The Great Library Misery (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-11m28s-(The Grouch Club)-September 10, 1938 The Roaring Twenties (Greatest Gangster Films Prohibition Era) *DVD* Featuring Jack Lescoulie, Arthur Q. Bryan & Nancy Evans. Engaging, if slightly maddening, comedy with the future voice of Elmer Fudd battling with a library over its checking-out service. // Vitaphone #168B

Green Gold (Hamilton Wright; story: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson) Warnercolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-February 18, 1956 (filmed '55) Tour of Ecuador. // Vitaphone #2568A

Grey, White And Blue (A. Pam Blumenthal: Van Campen Heilner; music: William Lava; narrator: Lou Marcelle) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-June 19, 1943 Various waterfowl (mostly geese) seen along the Mississippi, Sacramento Valley and Cape Hatteras. Some hunting scenes // Vitaphone #1138A

Grounds For Murder (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Harold Beaudine) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Ernest Glendenning & Phoebe Foster)-July 1930 Couple battle over her obsession with crime novels. // Vitaphone #1057

A Group Of Songs (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jay Velie)-© November 24, 1928 (filmed September) // Vitaphone #2784

Guess Stars (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Radio Ramblers, Lionel Stander & Nancy Kelly)-August 22, 1934 (Film daily review; filmed June) The Ramblers fix a radio or a gangster too quickly but impersonate various stars pretending it's fixed. // Vitaphone #1736

G uido Ciccolini And Eric Zardo (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© September 28, 1929 Ciccolini and Joan Ruth do some singing here. Zardo on piano. Includes Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-Sharp Minor" // Vitaphone #876

G uido Diero, World's Foremost Piano-Accordionist (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 20, 1929 (filmed December '28) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* One man. One accordian. // Vitaphone #2968

Gun Dog Life (Gun Dog's Life) (Del Frazier; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: John Deering) Cinecolor-10m-(Color Parade)-May 11, 1940 (filmed '39) Color reel featuring retrievers and spaniels. // Vitaphone #9533

Gun To Gun (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; D. Ross Lederman; music: Howard Jackson) bw-20m-(Santa Fe Trail w/ Robert Shayne, Pedro de Cordova, Lupita Tovar & Harry Woods)-January 8, 1944 (filmed '43) Montana *DVD* Robert Shayne stars in this remake of the 1930 feature THE LASH. (Reissued 3-22-52) // Vitaphone #1200A

Gus Arnheim & His Ambassadors (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© January 30, 1928 (filmed August '27) // Vitaphone #2136

Gus Arnheim & His Ambassadors (Coconut Grove Orchestra) (---) bw-9m38s-(Vitaphone Variety)-July 15, 1928 (Film Daily review; filmed May) The Jazz Singer & Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Harry Robison and Russ Columbo are credited here. Straight-forward band numbers with a trio of crooners. // Vitaphone #2585

Gus Van & Joe Schenck (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-February 3, 1927 This duo had their own radio show as early as 1923, but are most famous for their long list of popular recordings, including the definitive "Ain't We Got Fun" (1921). Later, they made some shorts for MGM. // Vitaphone #395

Gym-Jams (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Lewis Mayer)-© March 15, 1930 (filmed January) Juggling comedy act. // Vitaphone #965

The Gyp (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Fern Redmond & Herman Wells)-© December 8, 1928 (filmed August) A gypsy reads a man's fortune in this musical. Includes "Gypsy Love Song" // Vitaphone #2748

The Gypsy Caravan (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Giovanni Martinelli)-September 27, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed April) Martinelli is accompanied by violinist Max Pollikoff and dancer Willis Stiles at a gypsy camp. // Vitaphone #1245

Gypsy Sweetheart (Ralph Staub) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special: Margaret Dumont, Winifred Shaw, Phillip Reed & Eddie Shubert)-March 30, 1935 (filmed November '34) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Musical comedy spotlighting color involving a bunch of gypsies at a society party. // Vitaphone #1708-1709

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Hail Columbia (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: John B Kennedy) bw-10m-(See America First)-© November 22, 1934 (Completed June) Areas in the US representing the years 1807-1819, the age of expansion and the Louisiana Purchase. // Vitaphone #1740

Hal Kemp And His Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-June 14, 1941 (filmed December '40) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* With Bob Allen and Maxine Grey and familiar standards like "Begin the Beguine" (Reissued 11-14-53) // Vitaphone #191A

Haleyisms (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jack Haley & Flo McFadden)-© February 17, 1928 (filmed November '27) The future Tin Man of THE WIZARD OF OZ debuts as part of a comedy duo. // Vitaphone #2269

Half-Witness (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Radio Ramblers)-March 21, 1936 (filmed January) The Ramblers are involved in a murder mystery and help a witness' memory with their famous impersonations. // Vitaphone #1924

The Hall Of Injustice (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: John T. Murray & Vivien Oakland)-© October 14, 1929 (filmed August) Spoof of the courtroom feature THE TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN // Vitaphone #889

The Ham What Am (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jay C. Flippen)-© June 30, 1928 (filmed April) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Renditions of "Magnolia" and "Keep Sweeping the Cobwebs Off the Moon" // Vitaphone #2581

Hands Tell The Story (Hal Seeger & Edwin Kasper; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-February 4, 1950 (completed October '49) / A dramatic reel featuring human hands only. // Vitaphone #1886A

The Handy Guy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-16m-(Vitaphone Variety: Earle Sande)-May 24, 1931 (Film Daily review) Features the famous jockey in a mini-drama about his injured horse. Film Daily judged this one “weak”. // Vitaphone #1209-1210

The Hangover (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Bernard Granville & Neely Edwards)-© February 5, 1931 (filmed December '30) Both stars have had quite a night before and verbally deal with it. // Vitaphone #1160

Happy Faces (Mack Sennett; music: William Lava) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity)-July 26, 1941 (Completed December '40) Compilation of vintage Mack Sennett footage from First National. // Vitaphone #110-111A

Happy Holidays (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Ted Stauffer; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-December 10, 1949 (Completed July) Tour of Acapulco, Mexico. (Reissued February '60) // Vitaphone #1843A

The Happy Hottentots (Bryan Foy & Herman Ruby) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: Joe Frisco & Billy Gilbert)-August 1930 The Jazz Singer *DVD* Above average comedy with two down-and-out hoofers getting more work on the stage than they bargain for. // Vitaphone #4393

The Happy Jester (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Ed Lowry)-© July 1, 1928 (filmed March) // Vitaphone #2565

Happy Times And Jolly Moments (James Bloodworth; music: William Lava) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity)-July 10, 1943 Compilation of Sennett comedies; this one is better than most... resembling the Robert Youngson features of the late fifties and sixties. Includes some Keystone material, First National and, of course, a brief clip from 1935's Keystone Hotel. // Vitaphone #1134A

Harbor Lights (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Hans V. Kaltenborn) bw-10m-(Our Own U.S.)-March 21, 1936 (Completed '35) Ports of call: NYC / Seattle / San Francisco / Savannah / Galveston // Vitaphone #1859

The Hard Guy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-6m25s-(Vitaphone Variety: Spencer Tracy)-September 6, 1930 (filmed May) Little Caesar (Greatest Gangster Films Prohibition Era) *DVD* First film appearance by Spencer Tracy as a desperate father who almost commits a crime to support his wife and child. Katherine Alexander plays his wife. // Vitaphone #1036

Harlem Knights (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: Fluornoy Miller & Aubrey Lyles)-© December 9, 1929 (filmed August) Two loafers have trouble with mobsers at a nightclub. // Vitaphone #879

Harmonizing Songs (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Josephine Harmon & Jack King)-April 1930 Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* The hefty but sexy dame sings that beauty is only skin deep. // Vitaphone #1044

Harmony As You Like It (Doc Salomon) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bert Rome & Henry Dunn)-December 1928 // Vitaphone #2899

Harness Racing (Harry O. Hoyt; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-May 3, 1947 (Completed October '46) Horse reel // Vitaphone #1521A

Harry Fox & His Six American Beauties (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© July 22, 1929 Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Or "Harry and his chambermaids" going by the dresscode of this jazz-reel. Brown-Henderson's "Belles of Hotels" is one number. Listed by Film Daily as "Harry Rose". // Vitaphone #828

Harry Horlick And His A&P Gypsies (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-April 7, 1929 (Film Daily review) Includes his "Two Guitars" and "The Black Eyes". With Frank Parker and Valerie Bergere. // Vitaphone #763

Harry Montgomery, The Humorologist (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 22, 1927 (filmed June) Parlor monologue. // Vitaphone #619

Harry Owens And His Royal Hawaiian Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Dave Gould) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-November 4, 1944 First track is "Happy Hawaiian Beach Boy". (Reissued 4-12-52) // Vitaphone #1275A

Harry Reser & His Eskimos (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-September 26, 1936 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Arctic costumes and set-up // Vitaphone #1983

Harry Rosenthal And His Bath And Tennis Club Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 20, 1929 (filmed June) Bandstand standards like "12th Street Rag" and "Ida" with an assortment of talent: Jean Ackerman, Hazel Forbes, Myra Darby, Evelyn Groves, Mary Mulhern, Mildred LeGay, Gen Pearson, Murray Smith, Dare & Belmonte, Cornell Smelser & Jack Scheer. // Vitaphone #836

Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ray McCarey) bw-9m9s-(Pepper Pot)-November 18, 1933 (filmed April) 42nd Street & Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* The famous songwriter performs on piano with dancers performing at artistic angles and shadows. // Vitaphone #1544

Harry Wayman & His Debutantes (---) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© February 4, 1928 (filmed November '27) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Female jazz band interesting for its novelty value (all taller than their male lead) // Vitaphone #2261

Harry, Come Sail With Me (Hamilton Wright) color-10m-(Worldwide Adventure)-August 23, 1969 // Vitaphone #3455A

Hats And Dogs (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Wini Shaw)-December 31, 1938 Wini's pooch eats a man's hat and another is methodically ordered and delivered. (With Rags Ragland, Robert Shafer, Lois & Jean Sterner, Joey Faye) // Vitaphone #164-165B

Hatteras Honkers (Del Frazer?; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-June 6, 1942 Fishing at Cape Hatteras. // Vitaphone #912A

Haunted House (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French & Floyd Gibbons) bw-12m-(Your True Adventure)-June 3, 1939 Two girls face terror with a convict in an old house. Features Claire McAloon, Ruth Halstead & Edna West. // Vitaphone #156B

A Havana Cocktail (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Castro Cuban Orchestra)-October 4, 1931 (Film Daily; filmed August) Includes theme song and "Peanut Vendor" // Vitaphone #1279

Hawaiian Memories (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; John D. Craig; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Adventure)-© December 27, 1945 // Vitaphone #1483A

Hawaiian Nights (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-February 3, 1927 Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Pretty authentic Hawaiian band with hula dancers are shown in a palm tree setup // Vitaphone #422

Hawaiian Sports (Carl Dudley; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-May 12, 1951 (filmed '50) Includes some surfing. (Reissued June '61) // Vitaphone #2043A

Hazel Green And Company (Bryan Foy) bw-8m8s-(Vitaphone Variety)-© September 13, 1927 (filmed July) The Jazz Singer *DVD* Reissued September 1928 as Hazel Green & Band. Jazz band with "Boys! Is everybody happy?" introducing dame singer. // Vitaphone #2112

The Head Man (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Hugh O'Connell & Kitty Kelly)-© May 15, 1930 (filmed February) Dreaming of prehistoric times... a henpecked husband remembers the good ol' days. (With Francis Pierlot, Leroy Wade & Arthur Hartley) // Vitaphone #990

Head Of The Family (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Little Billy)-© December 31, 1929 (filmed October) Circus comedy. // Vitaphone #3300

Head Over Heels (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw-10m-(Warner Novelty)-June 20, 1953 (filmed '52) More vintage ski clips... skiing took over 1953 as horse racing did in 1948-49 in the Warner shorts. // Vitaphone #2275A

The Headache Man (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety)-November 23, 1930 (Film Daily review) Dudley Clements an Hobart Cavanaugh ae the key stars in this one reeler, set in a department store where customer complaints get the best of one worker. // Vitaphone #1114

Headline Bands (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl & Lloyd French) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Larry Clinton, Woody Herman, Jimmy Dorsey & others])-January 26, 1946 (Edited ’45) Recycles footage from earlier Melody Masters. // Vitaphone #1419A

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: The Yacht Club Boys, Vera Van & Marie Nordstrom)-© April 1, 1935 (filmed September '34) Coutroom duchess vs. socialite case disolves into musical numbers. // Vitaphone #1782-1783

Hearst Radio Kids In "A Song Recital" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© June 29, 1927 (filmed April) Set at a radio station with tunes like "Let the End of the World Come Tomorrow". From the WJZ Childrens Hour. // Vitaphone #512

The Heart Breaker (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Edmund Joseph) bw-14m-(Vitaphone Variety: Eddie Foy Jr. & Joan Blondell)-© June 30, 1930 (filmed March) A soda jerk has girl trouble in this lively musical // Vitaphone #1012-1013

Heart Of A Champion (Cedric Francis, producer; Edwin E. Olsen & Joseph Burnham; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Sam Balter) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-December 26, 1953 Trainer Tom Blackison aids an injured race horse to victory. // Vitaphone #2352A

Heart Of An Empire (Carl Dudley; script: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor / CinemaScope-9m-(Scope Gem)-September 1, 1955 (filmed '54) CinemaScope tour of London. // Vitaphone #2473A

Heart Of Paris (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Musical World Journeys)-© March 24, 1934 (filmed spring '33) UCLA has a copy of this one. // Vitaphone #1589

Heart Of Paris (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Owen Crump; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-16m-(Technicolor Special)-March 12, 1949 (filmed '47) Impressive tour of the city. // Vitaphone #1698A

Heavy Press Program (---) bw-25m-(promotional)-June 1957 (filmed '56) Made for the US Air Force // Vitaphone #2735A

The Hell Gate Of Soissons (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Leo Carillo)-© August 14, 1928 (filmed March) Poem about The War. // Vitaphone #2552

Hello Baby! (Larry Ceballos) 2-color Technicolor-19m-(Anne Pennington, Norman Selby & others)-© March 24, 1930 (filmed December '29) A nightclub owner competes with a dancer for the same woman. // Vitaphone #3641-3642

Hello Thar! (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-18m-(Vitaphone Variety: Eddie Buzzell)-© January 13, 1930 (filmed November '29) Romance and comedy in the Yukon. // Vitaphone #930-931

Hello, Good Times! (Cheer Up) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-17m-(Broadway Brevity: Al Wohlman, Johnny Boyle, Sharp & Minor, Albertina Rasch Girls)-January 17, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed November 1931) Anti-Depression musical performances with both grumpy and optimistic leads showing their viewpoints of the economic woes. // Vitaphone #1321-1322

Hello, Sucker! (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: Hugh O'Connell)-© February 20, 1931 Film Daily rated this comedy "flat". Hugh thinks he can fool another guy touring the nightclub circuits. // Vitaphone #1173

Henry Busse And His Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-15m-(Melody Master)-November 30, 1940 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & Brother Orchid *DVD* A key high point in the Melody Master boasting impressive shadow effects and low-angle camera shots. The song selection is less important than the visuals here, but the renditions are still good: "Hot Lips", "Along the Santa Fe Trail", "Huckleberry Duck" and "Wang Wang Blues". (Reissued 5-15-48) // Vitaphone #141A

Henry King And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Betty Allen)-December 20, 1937 Set in a correspondence school with all performers getting their diplomas together. Songs "I know Now", "The Lady Who Couldn't Be Kissed" and "Love Song of Long Ago" // Vitaphone #81B

Henry Santrey And His Soldiers Of Fortune Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety)-March 1, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed September 1930) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Featuring song "Soldiers of Fortune" // Vitaphone #1128

Her Relatives (---) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Neely Edwards)-© June 11, 1930 (filmed April) Neely’s family outstays their welcome with his wife… for a full month. // Vitaphone #4034

Her Wedding Nightmare (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-18m-(Girlfriends Comedy w / Thelma White & Fanny Watson)-December 27, 1931 (Film Daily review) Spook comedy involving wax dummies // Vitaphone #1283-1284

Herbert Rawlinson, The Monologist Of The Screen (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© June 2, 1928 (filmed January) // Vitaphone #2358

Here Come The Navy Bands (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Dave Gould) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-September 29, 1945 (filmed May) Recycles previous Vitaphone material. // Vitaphone #1363A

Here Comes Flossie (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ray McCarey) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Ben Blue, Janet Reade, Shemp Howard & Paul Everton)-© December 9, 1933 (filmed September) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* "Flossie" is the name of one farmer son's wife and another's cow... prompting the usual verbal confusions. // Vitaphone #1615-1616

Here Comes The Bridesmaid (---) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Janet Adair)-© March 12, 1929 (filmed September '28) Narrative song // Vitaphone #2629

Here Comes The Cavalry (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; D. Ross Lederman; story: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special: William Justice & Gary Owen)-June 28, 1941 A cowboy and his horse bond when they join the cavalry. // Vitaphone #418-419A

Here Comes The Circus (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity)-October 3, 1936 Various acts: Carlo's Ponies / Randow Clowns / Poodles Hannaford & Co. / Captain Proske's Lions & Tigers // Vitaphone #1988-1889

Here Comes The Show Boat (Murray Roth) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Dave Bernie's Orchestra)-© April 6, 1929 (filmed November '28) "Nothing new" says Film Daily. Footage of a Mississippi riverboat is ahown with the band dressed in 19th century garb and the title song featured among others. // Vitaphone #2796

Here We Go Again (Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Novelty)-© November 15, 1952 (Completed July) Edited from a 1921 Mack Sennett / First National comedy, Hard Knocks and Love Taps starring Charlie Murray. // Vitaphone #2205A

Here, Prince (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-16m-(Big V Comedy: Joe Penner, Joan Castle, Dan Coleman & Margaret Dumont)-October 1, 1932 (filmed August) Goofy fantasy involving a king's son getting mixed up with a chorus girl. // Vitaphone #1455-1456

Here's Howe (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-21m-(Joe Palooka w / Robert Norton & Shemp Howard)-June 6, 1936 Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* Joe refuses to box Ann's boyfriend at a charity. With Leo Webberman and Beverly Phalon. // Vitaphone #1952-1953

Here's Your Hat (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Presentation Revue: Phil Silvers, Cookie Bowers & Ted Adair)-December 11, 1937 / A vaudeville group of comedy acts watched by a soon-to-be-fired hat check girl // Vitaphone #85-86B

The Herman Music Box (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jack Lipton & Lola Terrell)-© March 31, 1928 (filmed December '27) // Vitaphone #2310

The Hermit Kingdom (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: co-d: Ira Genet; narrator: Dwight Weist) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-August 27, 1938 More of Siam. // Vitaphone #76B

Hero On Horseback (Carl Dudley: Richard Golstone; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor / CinemaScope-17m-(Scope Gem)-© April 7, 1956 (filmed '55) Portrait of Kemal Ataturk of Turkey. // Vitaphone #2647A

Herschel Henlere, The Madcap Musician (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© January 18, 1930 (filmed November '29) Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / One man band with piano prominent: "Sonny Boy" included. // Vitaphone #933

He's A Devil (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Roy & Dot Dean)-© June 29, 1929 The two attend a masquerade ball with some jokes. // Vitaphone #816

Hey! Hey! Westerner (Roy Mack) Technicolor (2-color)-18m-(Technicolor Special: Eddie Nugent)-August 24, 1932 (Film Daily review) A Broadway producer spends a year south of the border with his uncle’s money and rodeo musical acts take place // Vitaphone #1419-1420

Hey, Pop! (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding; writer: Jack Henley) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Fatty Arbuckle, Dan Wolheim, Billy Hayes & Herschel Mayall)-October 15, 1932 (filmed August) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Fatty's first major appearance in front of the camera in more than a decade. He's a cook who rescues an orphan here. // Vitaphone #1466-1467

Hi De Ho (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-10m52s-(Melody Master: Cab Calloway)-February 20, 1937 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & Black Legion *DVD* Anything with Cab Calloway is entertaining, even if he plays an unbelievable teenager role. Some of his song selections are drummed out of a lady reading his tea leaves. Highlight: "I Got a Right to Sing the Blues". // Vitaphone #2078

High Peril (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-12m-(Your True Adventure)-February 18, 1939 Troubles atop a high-rise smokestack. Features Eddie Acuff & William Challee. // Vitaphone #152B

The High School Hoofer (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Hal LeRoy & Eleanor King)-December 6, 1931 (Film Daily review) Franklin High shy-guy gets a boost with his dancing // Vitaphone #1312

High Spots Of The Far East (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(World Adventures)-© February 6, 1933 (Completed June '32) Highlights: China's Pearl River, Temple of 500 Buddhas, Siam's teakwood palaces and ancient Egypt. // Vitaphone #1429

High Up And Low Down (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Harry & Dan Downing)-© October 17, 1927 (filmed August) Includes some female impersonations. // Vitaphone #2127

High Water, A Song Poem Of The Southland (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Guy Robertson)-June 9, 1929 (Film Daily review) Marsh McGurdy is pianist here in this reel that got rave reviws at the time. Newsreel clips of a flood are added as backdrop. // Vitaphone #813

High, Wide And Hansom (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French; writer: Jack Henley) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Herb Williams, Leona Powers & Frank Otto)-November 5, 1934 Mistaken identity: a hansom driver's wife's name mixed with a horse's. She thinks she is hired for an equine photo session. // Vitaphone #1810-1811

Highland Games (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-July 2, 1949 (C- October '48) Visit to Scotland. // Vitaphone #1767A

The Hi-Hatter (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jack Inglis)-June 1928 // Vitaphone #2610

Hilda (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Billy "Swede" Hall & Co.)-© August 20, 1929 (filmed June) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Musical comedy set in a hotel lobby with Hall as the chambermaid // Vitaphone #835

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His Big Ambition (Bryan Foy) bw-22m-(The Potters w/ Lucien Littlefield & Lucille Ward)-© June 30, 1930 Mr. Potter wants to be a doctor after fouling up a soda jerk job // Vitaphone #4162-4163

His Busy Day (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Clyde McCoy & Wilbur Greg)-August 20, 1938 Singers include Wilbur Greg and the Three Bennett Sisters. // Vitaphone #140B

His Dizzy Day (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Monty Banks)-March 1921

His First Flame (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-20m-(Big V Comedy: Daphne Pollard, John Sheehan, Fred Harper & Shemp Howard)-March 9, 1935 (filmed October '34) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* Moderately funny Shemp comedy with Pollard as his zany new wife and a gun powder invention that causes havoc. // Vitaphone #1794-1795

His First Honeymoon (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Monty Banks)-May 1921

His Honor, Penrod (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(Penrod w/ Billy Hayes)-January 23, 1932 Penrod defends his election-running dad from a rival politician (played by Harry T. Morey) who wants to close heir swimming hole. (Also: David Gorcey Jackie Kelk Ray Collins Paul White & Ed Edwards) // Vitaphone #1334

His Naughty Night (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Monty Banks)-September 1920

His Night Out (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: John Miljan)-© February 17, 1928 (filmed November '27) // Vitaphone #2263

His Pastimes (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m54s-(Vitaphone Variety: Roy Smeck)-August 6, 1926 (filmed July '26) Don Juan *DVD* Also titled "Roy Smeck The Wizard Of The Strings". Sitting on a garden benh with such tunes as "Laughing Rag". // Vitaphone #302

His Public (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Harold Beaudine) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety: Joe Morris & Flo Campbell)-July 1930 Reviewed by Film Daily 1-24-32. A naughty husband is girl-seeking behind his wife's back… only he is being "trailed" by junior. // Vitaphone #1075-1076

History Repeats Itself (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Radio Rogues)-October 10, 1939 (filmed June) A fake inventer uses the group with his "time machine". // Vitaphone #236B

Hit And Run (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-13m-(Your True Adventure)-February 19, 1938 Blood is discovered on a car, but the driver doesn't remember hitting anybody. Stars Giles Kelly, Peggy O'Donnell and Robert Elliot. // Vitaphone #43B

Hit 'Em Again (Hit 'Im Again) (Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-10m-(Warner Novelty)-September 5, 1953 (Completed '52) Edited edition of a silent film Horseshoes starring Larry Semons. // Vitaphone #2305A

Hit Parade Of The Gay Nineties (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco; chor: Jack Crosby) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-September 18, 1943 Forerunner to a post-war series, spotlighting old favorites like "When You Were Sweet Sixteen" and "The Band Played On", utilizing some sets used in the studio features. (Reissued 4-1-50) // Vitaphone #1146A

Hitler Lives? (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Don Siegel & Saul Elkins; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) bw-17m-(Special)-December 23, 1945 (Academy preview) (*Academy Award Winner*) Ham-fisted portrait of post-war Germany with some of the earliest footage of the concentration camps in a "mainstream" Hollywood film. Some may say this film goes a bit overboard suggesting a another fascist takeover in Germany, but it certainly is a relic of its era. // Vitaphone #1408A

Hitting The High C's (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: The Brittons)-© March 16, 1931 Frank and Mitt Britton lead the band on a battleship. Includes "OK Baby", "So Beats My Heart for You", "Bye Bye Blues" among others. Film Daily rated this one "poor" compared to others of the period. // Vitaphone #1196

Hocus Pocus (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy)-© March 16, 1931 (filmed January) Charlie does a sleight-of-hand and turns a $500 watch into a fake imitation. Later, he winds up in court. // Vitaphone #1195

Hold That Ball (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw- (Vitaphone Gay-ety: The Preisser Sisters)-April 23, 1938 The sisters (Cherry and June) are cheerleaders at a game and the lead player (Bobby Pinkus) wants to romance who is already engaged. Thurston Crane is also featured. // Vitaphone #106-107B

Hold Your Horses (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; story: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-March 13, 1954 (filmed '53) Covers horse breeding in Argentina. // Vitaphone #2342A

Holiday Afloat (---) color-10m-(World Wide Adventure)-February 15?, 1967 BoxOffice describes this hard-to-find title as a high seas adventure / travelogue. //

Holiday For Sports (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-April 17, 1948 (filmed '46-'47) Covers horse-racing in Argentina. // Vitaphone #1601A

A Holiday In Storyland (Roy Mack) Technicolor (2-color)-10m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety: The Gum Sisters, the Vitaphone Kiddies, the Three Kute & Five Little Steppers)-April 2, 1930 (filmed January) Dream sequence of storybooks come to life. // Vitaphone #3824

Holiday On Horseback (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-February 2, 1946 (© December 31, 1945) A trip through the Colorado Rockies. // Vitaphone #1427A

Holland (Jack Haskell) Technicolor (2-color)-9m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety)-May 28, 1930 (filmed January) Musical Dutch girls and windmills in color. // Vitaphone #3897

The Hollanders (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Basil Ruysdael) Cinecolor-10m-(Colortour Adventures)-January 2, 1937 (filmed '36) // Vitaphone #2027

Hollywood Bound (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Gladys Brockwell, James Bradburry, Neely Edwards, Anita Pam & Allan Sears)-© June 4, 1928 (filmed January) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* A male vamp takes on a beauty contest and fantasizes a trip to Tinseltown in the barber chair. // Vitaphone #2235

Hollywood Fashion Parade (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: narrator: Roy Saunders & Joseph Bolton) part Cinecolor-9m-(newsreel)-June 1936 A pilot short for the later VITAPHONE PICTORIAL REVUE series. Includes a Canadian baby contest, a female alligator tamer and the title sequence in color. // Vitaphone #1967

Hollywood Newsreel (George Bilson) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-March 24 1934 42nd Street & Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Columbia U. winners of the Rose Bowl pay a visit to Warner Bros. and meet stars, Guy Kibbee and Dick Powell pan for gold, Joan Blondell talks to her fans and behind-the-scenes with Harold Teen. // Vitaphone #6170

Hollywood Star-Spangled Revue (William L. Hendricks) color-10m-(produced by US Savings Bond: Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, James Stewart, Herb Alpert, Rockettes, Carlyn Jones & Joanie Sommers)-September 17, 1966 // Vitaphone #3280A

Hollywood Wonderland (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-16m-(Technicolor Special)-August 9, 1947 (filmed April '46) Tycoon *DVD* Semi remake of Swingtime at the Movies (1938), recycling some footage from other Technicolor '30s shorts like Changing Of The Guard and A Sunday Round-up. // Vitaphone #1489A

Home Cheap Home (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Henry Armetta)-March 18, 1939 (filmed December '38) Seeking a rest in the country, a family is allowed a house provided that they show it off. (With Ann Brody, Roy Roberts & Anita Simpson) // Vitaphone #196-197B

Home Made (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Albert Hackett, Dorothy Hall & Jessie Busley)-© December 10, 1930 (filmed October) He doesn't want a happy homemaker for a wife. He wants a flapper. // Vitaphone #1135

Home Run On The Keys (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Babe Ruth, Byron Gay & Zez Confrey)-April 24, 1937 The baseball hero and the famous composer create a hit song for the radio. // Vitaphone #2073

Homer Dickinson, Broadway's Smart (Musical) Comedy Star (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 27, 1928 (filmed May) // Vitaphone #2609

The Honeymoon Trail (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© February 5, 1931 (filmed December '30) Semi-documentary with a honeymoon couple seeing Niagara Falls, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. // Vitaphone #1117

Honolulu (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Noel Madison & Vera Marsh)-January 1930 // Vitaphone #3864

The Hoot Gibson Trio "The Hawaiian Serenaders" (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© November 3, 1927 (filmed August) The cowboy star backed this group but doesn't appear. // Vitaphone #2132

Hope Hampton (In The First Act Of Manon) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety)-March 31, 1929 (Film Daily review) This operatic reel was rated by Film Daily as “good but long” // Vitaphone #740

Horace Britt (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 22, 1927 (filmed June) Cello renditions of Popper's "Serenade" and Massenet's "Elegy" with pianist Ruth M. Connist. // Vitaphone #614

Horace Heidt & His Californians (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© October 28, 1929 Vitaphone #902 has Lee Lykins as vocalist. Features "Tiger Rag". Another 1931 “Melody Master” sported this same title initially: see MUSICAL MOODS. // Vitaphone #902

Horace Heidt & His Californians #908 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety)-February 2, 1930 (Film Daily Review; F- October '29) Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / Lobo (a German shepherd) makes an appearance with the band. // Vitaphone #908

Horse And Buggy Days (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-October 21, 1949 Borrows footage from earlier shorts for a history lesson. // Vitaphone #1851A

Horse Sense (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bob Roebuck & his horse Sporting Life)-May 1930 Stars of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show // Vitaphone #1034

Horsehide Heroes (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-March 10, 1951 (Compiled '50) Football through the years. // Vitaphone #2023A

Horses (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Benny Rubin)-July 1928 Rubin previously appeared briefly in Frank Capra's THE MATINEE IDOL. This was his "talkie" debut. // Vitaphone #2698

A Horse's Tale (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Joe & Asbestos)-January 9, 1937 (filmed December '36) Two bumblers in this "black" comedy are given a lame horse that surprisingly wins a race. (With Harry Gribbon, Hamtree Harrington, Eddie White, Donald MacBride & June Nash) // Vitaphone #2068-2069

Horses! Horses! Horses! (music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-December 26, 1942 // Vitaphone #1075A

Horseshoes (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Lynne Overman)-© December 9, 1930 (filmed October) A drunk reporter attempts to cover a murder trial. Title relates to his luck charm. // Vitaphone #1120

The Hostess (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Sally Fields)-© November 28, 1927 (filmed September) This comedy sketch is also titled: Sally Fields "America's Greatest Entertainer". Plenty of Hebrew humor set at a nightclub. Reviewed by Film Daily 9-8-28. // Vitaphone #2147

Hot Competition (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-10m-(Melody Master: The Continentals)-© January 9, 1933 (filmed September '32) Ted Husing is a sports host to sporty-dressed performers including Harry Barris, Lois Whiteman and Ray Sax. // Vitaphone #1479

Hot Dog (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-10m-(Penrod w/ Billy Hayes)-February 20, 1932 Boyhood adventures at the beach. With Jackie Kelk, David Gorcey, Lucille Sears, Ray Collins, Paul White and Ed Edwards. // Vitaphone #1340

Hot From Petrograd (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master: David Apollon)-May 1933 Apollon's band plays a Russian beat on a ship. // Vitaphone #1547

Hot News Margie (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-6m50s-(Pepper Pot: Marjorie Beebe)-November 29, 1931 (Film Daily review) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Margie tackles a sports event in order to get tabloid scoop on the athlete, but gets more involved in the game than expected. // Vitaphone #1290

Hot Sands (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: Billy Wayne & Thelma White)-© February 20, 1931Comic adventures of newleyweds in Death Valley with three fellow travelers. // Vitaphone #1175

Hot Songs And Hot Fingers (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Trigg Brothers)-© August 8, 1927 (filmed June) Featuring Johnny and Jack Trigg with John Maxwell and the Vitaphone Orchestra. // Vitaphone #2105

Hotel A La Swing (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-22m-(Broadway Brevity: Eddie Foy Jr. & The Mullen Sisters)-March 13, 1937 Swing Time (Greatest Classic Films Astaire & Rogers 1) *DVD*: / Title pretty much says it all... great dance numbers. Not much plot. // Vitaphone #2070-2071

Housing Shortage (narrator: Ronald Reagan) Technicolor-9m-(promotional)-December 1945 Holiday trailer concerning returning soldiers. // Vitaphone #1425A

How I Play Golf No. 1 - The Putter (George Marshall) bw-14m-("How I Play Golf" w / Bobby Jones)-April 26, 1931 (Film Daily review) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* The greatest golfer of the era demonstrates tricks with Richard Barthelmess, Joe E. Brown, and playwright Frank Craven. Surprisingly these hold up quite well today even for viewers with zero interest in the sport since many big stars make appearance and provide comedy touches. // Vitaphone #4791-4792

How I Play Golf No. 2 - Chip Shots (George Marshall) bw-11m-("How I Play Golf" w / Bobby Jones)-April 26, 1931 (Film Daily review) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* Guest stars include Robert Elliott, William B. Davidson, John Halliday and Charles Winniger. // Vitaphone #4793

How I Play Golf No. 3 - The Niblick (George Marshall) bw-9m-(How I Play Golf w / Bobby Jones)-May 31, 1931 (Film Daily review) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* Features Huntley Gordon and Vivien Oakland as hubbie getting corrected with his swings by wifie // Vitaphone #4794

How I Play Golf No. 4 - The Mashie Niblick (George Marshall) bw-10m47s-("How I Play Golf" w / Bobby Jones)-June 5, 1931 (filmed April) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* With Leon Errol providing comedy relief shooting them into trees. Also: John T. Murray and Andy Horn // Vitaphone #4795

How I Play Golf No. 5 - Medium Irons (George Marshall) bw-11m-("How I Play Golf" w / Bobby Jones)-July 5, 1931 (filmed May) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* With Frank Coughlan (Junior) as one cute kid wants to meet Bobby Jones and guess who winds up coaching him and his teen supervisors… // Vitaphone #4796

How I Play Golf No. 6 - The Big Irons (George Marshall) bw-11m-("How I Play Golf" w / Bobby Jones)- July 12, 1931 (filmed May) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* Features Guy Kiblee and Harold Goodwin as boss and employee both not working and golfing instead. // Vitaphone #4797

How I Play Golf No. 7 - The Spoon (George Marshall) bw-9m-("How I Play Golf" w / Bobby Jones)- July 19, 1931 (filmed May) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* With Walter Houston, Warren William and Zelma O'Neal. Houston is a judge overseeing a possible divorce… until the “golf widow” is reunited with her husband thanks to equal love of the game. She even agrees to name their next child “Spoonie” in honor of this latest lesson with Bobby. // Vitaphone #4798

How I Play Golf No. 8 - The Brassie (George Marshall) bw-9m-(How I Play Golf w / Bobby Jones)-August 1, 1931 (filmed June) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* Claude Gillingwater is a cranky businessman out to stop Allen Lane from eloping with his daughter Loretta Young… until a golf ball hits his car windshield. He doesn’t get mad about that since Bobby Jones gives him lessons. Meanwhile the couple make their getaway... // Vitaphone #4799

How I Play Golf No. 9 - The Driver (George Marshall) bw-10m-("How I Play Golf" w / Bobby Jones)-August 30, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed June) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* With J. Farrell MacDonald, David Torrence, Conway Tearle and Lucian Littlefield. “Mac”-Donald is furious about his drive and decides to nap on it… and dream a lesson with Jones. Nice backscreen projection effects here. // Vitaphone #4800

How I Play Golf No. 11 - Practice Shots (George Marshall) bw-10m-("How I Play Golf" w / Bobby Jones)-September 27, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed June) G-Men & Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* Features James Cagney, Evalyn Knapp, Anthony Bushell, Louise Fazenda and Donald Cook. Louise crashes a set for the latest Bobby Jones picture as the group is getting some practicing in. // Vitaphone #4802

How I Play Golf No. 12 - A Round Of Golf (George Marshall) bw-11m-(How I Play Golf w / Bobby Jones)-September 4, 1931 Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* Mostly just Jones himself playing a full round and recapping the earlier shorts. // Vitaphone #4804

How I Play Gol No. 10 - Trouble Shots (George Marshall) bw-10m-("How I Play Golf" w / Bobby Jones)-September 13, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed June) Bullets Or Ballots (Greatest Gangster Films Edward G. Robinson) & Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* Probably the most entertaining of these golf instructions with Master Jones. A cocky Joe E. Brown makes a bet with Edward G. Robinson he is destined to loose: make “trouble shots” that Jones will struggle to succeed with. Douglas Fairbanks Jr has a secondary role here as observer. // Vitaphone #4801

How To Break 90 No. 1 - The Grip (Hands And The Grip) (George Marshall) bw-9m-(How To Break 90 w / Bobby Jones)-April 17, 1933 (Film Daily review) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* First of a second series with a bit less "star power" (although Joe E. Brown has a comic part) and more emphasis on body technique in golf rather than the club types and moves themselves. Andy Bennison and Vic Heerman join Brown learning from Jones what they are doing wrong with their hand grip of the club. // Vitaphone #5819

How To Break 90 No. 2 - Position And Backswing (George Marshall) bw-10m-(How To Break 90 w / Bobby Jones)-May 15, 1933 (Film Daily review) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* Glenda Farrell turns on a TV set (every "character" in movies had one if most average Americans didn't) to relax a frustrated Guy Kibbee (tossing his golf clubs in the fireplace) so an onscreen Bobby Jones can ease him with a little lesson on leg positioning in golf. // Vitaphone #5820

How To Break 90 No. 3 - Hip Action (George Marshall) bw-9m-(How To Break 90 w / Bobby Jones)-May 20, 1933 (Film Daily review) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* W.C. Fields appears here (along with Warner Orland and William B. Davidson) and he is too frustrated with the game that he decides to stick to juggling golf balls. Of course Bobby is the most patient teacher and lecturer. // Vitaphone #5821

How To Break 90 No. 4 - Down Swing (The Downswing) (George Marshall) bw-9m-(How To Break 90 w / Bobby Jones)-May 29, 1933 (Film Daily review) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* With George Olsen, Martin Zahn, Andy Horn and Horace Love appearing and a mini-history lecture with 1680s golf players also in attendance. // Vitaphone #5822

How To Break 90 No. 5 - Impact (George Marshall) bw-12m-(How To Break 90 w / Bobby Jones)-July 15, 1933 (filmed May) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* Focuses on proper swing resulting in the right impact between club and ball. With Otis Harlan, Regis Toomey, Guy Robertson and Harvey Hicks // Vitaphone #5823

How To Break 90 No. 6 - Fine Points (George Marshall) bw-11m-(How To Break 90 w / Bobby Jones)-August 5, 1933 (filmed May '33) Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Collection *DVD* Jones settles two debating husbands aboard a train on how to control "hooking and slicing" and putting "backspin" on a ball. With J. Farrell MacDonald, Ruth Donnelly, Sheila Terry and Edmund Breese. // Vitaphone #5824

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How'd Ya Like That? (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ray McCarey) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: George Givot & Charlie Judels, co-starring Donald McBride, Lionel Stander & Philip Loeb)-© January 13, 1934 (filmed July '33) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Two sailors smuggle booze past customs and Stander the cop by joing a Tarzan act on stage. // Vitaphone #1580-1581

Howdy, Partner! (Cedric Francis, producer; Tom McGowan & Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Johnny Jacobs) Warnercolor-9m-(Warnercolor Special)-November 1956 Another visit to Las Vegas // Vitaphone #2685A

How's Tricks (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Howard Lanin Band)-© February 25, 1933 (filmed October '32) Tunes include "Old Grey Mare", "Monkey Hop" and "That's My Weakness" // Vitaphone #1490

How's Your Stock? (Murray Roth & Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Charlie Sellon)-© September 22, 1928 (filmed June) One family becomes too obsessed with checking their stocks… to the point of not noticing burglars in the house. Ironically this comedy was released one month before The Crash. // Vitaphone #2660

How've You Bean? (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding; writer: Jack Henley) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Fatty Arbuckle, Fritz Hubert, Jean Hubert & Mildred van Dorn)-© June 24, 1933 (filmed December '32) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Two bumbling grocery clerks attend a wedding party, where Mexican jumping beans later cause havoc. // Vitaphone #1525-1526

The Human Bomb (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-12m-(Your True Adventure)-January 21, 1939 (filmed December '38) Title says it all in this mini melodrama. Ryder Keane, Edward Mayne & Lyster Chambers star. // Vitaphone #151B

A Hunter's Paradise (Del Frazier; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-July 11, 1942 Covers jaguars and other wildlife in Matto Grasso, Brazil. // Vitaphone #991A

Hunting Dogs At Work (Del Frazier; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-February 20, 1942 / Canine reel. Reissued 5-22-54 // Vitaphone #720A

The Hunt: Hunting Songs (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Frolicker's Quartet & Vernon Rickard)-© December 29, 1927 Set at a hunting lodge. // Vitaphone #2149

Hunting The Devil Cat (Howard Hill; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-10m-(Hollywood Novelty)-December 18, 1943 Hill hunts a jaguar. (Reissued 10-18-52) // Vitaphone #1148A

Hunting The Fox (John McManus & David Henry Ahlers; music: William Lava) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-September 2, 1949 (Completed December '48) Filmed in England. // Vitaphone #1778A

Hunting The Hard Way (Howard Hill; music: Rex Dunn) bw-9m-(Bow & Arrow Adventure)-May 17, 1941 / Featuring the archery expert Howard Hill (Reissued 3-26-51) // Vitaphone #359A

Hurley, Putnam And Snell, Popular Song Trio (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© December 8, 1927 (filmed October) Includes familiars like William Tell Overture and some comedy. Film Daily review 10-6-28. // Vitaphone #2180

Husband's Holiday (Ralph Staub; music: Howard Jackson) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Hobart Cavanaugh)-July 6, 1935 After fibbing to a cop, a henpecked husband attends an all-night party. (With Mary Treen, the Canovas, Jack Norton & Billy Barty) // Vitaphone #1730-1731

I Am An American (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Crane Wilbur; music: William Lava) bw-18m-(Special w/ Dennis Morgan)-December 23, 1944 (filmed July) Hollywood Canteen *DVD* The life of a Polish immigrant family. // Vitaphone #1266A

I Never Forget A Face (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist & Ward Wilson) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-April 28, 1956 (*Academy Award Nominee*) Political newsreel compilation highlighted by a scene of candidate Al Smith singing. // Vitaphone #2603A

I Remember When (Robert Youngson) bw-10m-(Warner Novelty)-March 19, 1954 * / Excellent chronicle of the '06 San Francisco earthquake, the '13 Ohio flood along with more fondly remembered events envolving Teddy Roosevelt, Edison, William Jennings Bryant and other pre-World War I figures. // Vitaphone #2367A

I Scream (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ray McCarey) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Gus Shy, Shemp Howard, Curtis Karpe & Lionel Stander)-© May 19, 1934 (filmed August '33) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* An ice cream salesman is involved in ending a street gang war. // Vitaphone #1591-1592

I Thank You (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Eddie White)-© September 12, 1928 (filmed July) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Tunes "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella", "Get Out and Get Under the Moon" and "That's My Mammy" // Vitaphone #2689

I Won't Play (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Crane Wilbur; music: William Lava) bw-18m-(Special)-November 11, 1944 (*Academy Award Winner*) Passage To Marseilles (Classic Legends Humphrey Bogart) *DVD* Dane Clark and Janis Paige star as piano player and band singer united a the end. Before hand, he brags about his talent to his fellow marines, but refuses to play. (Reissued 12-29-51) // Vitaphone #1286A

Ice Frolics (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Eleanor Gardner, Mabel Taliaferro, Alfrted Trenkler & others)-© October 28, 1939 (filmed July) After learning of grandma's Olympic past, Snooky fantasizes a life as a skater. // Vitaphone #256-257B

The Ice Man (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Charles Rogers)-© May 19, 1928 (filmed March) // Vitaphone #2541

Identified (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-9m-(Your True Adventure)-September 17, 1938 (filmed June) A man (Vernon Rich) is arrested for a restaurant murder he didn't commit. // Vitaphone #48B

Idle Chatter (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Kramer & Boyle)-© December 1, 1928 (filmed August) Tunes include "Together", "It's a Typical Tpperary" and "Let Me Be the First to Kiss You Good Morning". // Vitaphone #2737

Idle Chatter (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Lou Holtz)-© March 15, 1930 (filmed December '29) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Uncinematic standup comedy. The star performance is what counts (being a hit act on stage and later TV). // Vitaphone #954

An Idle Roomer (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Jack Haley & Blossom MacDonald, Emily Lowry & Lou Lubin)-April 29, 1933 (filmed January) Owing back-rent, Haley avoids the landlady and tries his luck in wrestling the great Tobasco. // Vitaphone #1531-1532

If I'm Elected (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-10m-(Pepper Pot: Douglas Dumbrille, Ray Collins, Chester Clute & Diana Seaby)-August 9, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed April) A windy candidate has big ideas he preaches including more pleasant garbage men and income tax collectors. (Wide release October 22) // Vitaphone #1405

I'll Be Doggone! (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Johnny Jacobs) Warnercolor-9m-(Warnercolor Special)-March 16, 1957 (filmed '56) Covers European dog shows. // Vitaphone #2707A

I'll Fix It (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety:Billy Kent & Alice Lake)-May 1930 A house is built in a mess by a drunk. // Vitaphone #4164

An Ill Wind or No Mother To Guide Us (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety)-May 18, 1930 (Film Daily review) Spoof on old mellerdramas complete with heroine and villain putting her in danger. Edna Hibbard, Theodore Lorch & Eddie Graham star. // Vitaphone #4097-4098

Illusions (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth?) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Fred Keaton)-© November 25, 1929 (filmed September) A magic act. // Vitaphone #907

I'm Afraid That's All (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Red Corcoran)-© December 8, 1928 (filmed September) // Vitaphone #2769

I'm Much Obliged (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-22m2s-(Broadway Brevity: George Dobbs, Irene MacLaren)-May 2, 1936 A newspaper columnist 'Mr. Inquisitive' calls various people, including popular performers (who deliver the goods) like Vera Van; the Heat Waves and others. // Vitaphone #1962-1963

Imagine My Embarrassment (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Frank Orth & Ann Codee)-© January 18, 1930 (filmed November '29) Mixup in an apartment bedroom. A German version was also made (Vitaphone #942) // Vitaphone #938

The Immortal Brush (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Horace Shepherd; narrator: Dwight Weist) Technicolor-9m-(The Immortal Brush)-November 19, 1938 (filmed June) First of a series of Technicolor painting documentaries. Includes samples of Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Frans Hals & others. Three of these films were released in the U.K. earlier on March 19th. // Vitaphone #177B

The Imperfect Lover (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Jack Haley)-February 14, 1932 (Film Daily review) Tale of a nerd wrapped up in inventions rather than romance // Vitaphone #1324-1325

The Imperial Russian Cossacks (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 3, 1928 (filmed December '27) // Vitaphone #2280

Impressions (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Albert Carroll)-© January 25, 1930 (filmed November '29) Spoofing the Barrymores and Fanny Brice... among other famous stars. // Vitaphone #935

In A Blacksmith's Shop (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: J. Delon Jewkes & The Blacksmiths)-© November 8, 1927 (filmed July) Not complete without the "Anvil Chorus" // Vitaphone #2117

In A Monastery Cellar (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Monastery Quartet)-© November 3, 1927 (filmed August) Also called "The Friars" // Vitaphone #2142

In A Music Shop (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Eddie Peabody)-© July 12, 1928 (filmed March) // Vitaphone #2559

In And Out (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Monty Banks)-July 1921//

In Defense Of Peace (---) bw- (Warner Pathé News Special)-September 1951 Made for the US Department of State // Vitaphone #2116A

In Dutch (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Ulis & Clarke)-© December 1, 1928 (filmed September) // Vitaphone #2758

In Fourteen Hundred And Ninety-two (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; story: Owen Crump; music: William Lava; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor-17m-(Warnercolor Special)-October 9, 1954 Lavish tour of Puerto Rico, Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. // Vitaphone #2425A

In Old New York (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl) bw-9m-(Hit Parade Of The Gay Nineties)-© May 15, 1951 (Completed December '50) Profiles Tin Pan Alley // Vitaphone #2007A

In Old Santa Fe (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-9m-(Technicolor Adventure)-January 12, 1946 (Completed November '45) Portrait of a city festival, including Native American parades. // Vitaphone #1413A

In Spain (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Phil Baker)-© March 12, 1929 (filmed January) Vaudeville comedy sketch // Vitaphone #725

In The Dough (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ray McCarey; writer: Jack Henley) bw-22m-(Big V Comedy: Fatty Arbuckle, Shemp Howard, Lionel Stander & Ralph Sanford)-© November 15, 1933 (filmed May) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* After a dough fight with some hoods, a baker discovers a bomb in a cake... // Vitaphone #1568-1569

In The Family (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-15m-(Girlfriends Comedy w / Thelma White & Fanny Watson)-July 2, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed November 1931) / Two lousy performers are booted out of a theater. Later they help ther mother impress her suitor by playing teenagers. // Vitaphone #1315-316

In The Nick Of Time (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-20m-(Vitaphone Variety: Sidney Toler)-© December 31, 1929 (filmed September) An opry-house melodrama about a big city gal securing enough to pay her parents' mortgage in the country. Lucy Beaumont, Bert Wilson and Dorothy Hall co-star. // Vitaphone #897-898

In The Park (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Brown & Whitaker)-© February 18, 1928 (filmed December '27) // Vitaphone #2328

In The Spotlight (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Hal LeRoy & Dorothy Lee)-March 30, 1935 (filmed October '34) A couple meet on a ship. She coax the dancing talent out of him. Herb Warren and Bob Simmons co-star. // Vitaphone #1802-1803

In This Corner (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Roscoe Ails, Budd Williamson, David Burns, Alice Dwan & Mark Plant)-April 27, 1935 (filmed January) A boxer dreams he's in a minstrel show. // Vitaphone #1828-1829

In Your Sombrero (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Billy Wayne & Josephine Bono)-November 15, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed August) Film Daily labeled this one “nonsensible”. Comedy musical involving a newspaper reporter stuck with Mexican bandits and escaping in an ammunition truck. // Vitaphone #1234

India's Millions (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Basil Ruysdael) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-January 8, 1938 (© December 27, 1937) // Vitaphone #69B

The Ingenues The Syncopating Sweeties #2572 (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Ingenues)-© June 15, 1928 (filmed March) The all-girl band records familiars like Berlin's "Sunshine" and all-reliable "St. Louis Blues" // Vitaphone #2572

The Ingenues The Syncopating Sweeties #2573 (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Ingenues)-© June 15, 1928 (filmed March) Features "Shakin' the Blues Away" and "Tiger Rag" among many other hot hits. // Vitaphone #2573

Inklings (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Charles Geigerich & Lowell Thomas) bw-8m50s-(Pepper Pot)-April 8, 1933 (filmed February '32) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Historic figures come to life on an artist's easel including John Paul Jones, Catherine the Great and Plato. Partially animated. // Vitaphone #1368

The Interview (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley; story: Russel Crouse) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Hugh O'Connell)-© August 30, 1929 (filmed June) A drunk reporter louses up an interview with a rich tycoon... despite the help of his son. (With Granville Bates and Don Dilloway) // Vitaphone #838

Intimate Dinner In Celebration Of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (John G. Adolfi) bw-11m12s-(promotional)-August 1930 The Jazz Singer *DVD* Interesting dinner celebration of various guests // Vitaphone #100XB

Into The Clouds (James Bloodworth; music: William Lava; narrator: Lou Marcelle) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-January 1, 1944 (filmed '43) Ski troops train at Camp Hale and Mt. McKinley. // Vitaphone #1189A

The Inventor (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Al Ray) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Billy Wayne & Thelma White)-May 11, 1931 (Film Daily review) Billy invents machines that work better at home than in demonstration. // Vitaphone #1212

Irene Franklin, The American Comedienne (---) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© January 14, 1929 (filmed November '28) With Jerry Jarnagin and some magic hat tricks. Includes tune "Red Head Red Head Gingrbread". // Vitaphone #2705

Irene Franklin, The American Comedienne (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety)-May 12, 1929 With pianist Jerry Jarnagin in two musical settings "The Waitress" and "Flapper Mammy's Lullaby" (nursery). // Vitaphone #777

Irons In The Fire (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: John S. Young) bw-9m-(Our Own U.S.)-June 13, 1936 (Completed July '35) Odd occupations: mushroom farming / goldfish raising / duck decoys & wooden shoes // Vitaphone #1863

Irving And Jack Kaufman, Harmony Songsters (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-May 1927 Irving had been recording for thirteen years with a number of hits. // Vitaphone #560

Isa Kremer #747 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 9, 1929 First of three back-to-back performances, this features "Le Petit Navire" and "La Cociara" // Vitaphone #747

Isa Kremer #748 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 9, 1929 Features "The Second Minuet" and "Little Sparrow" // Vitaphone #748

Isa Kremer #749 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 9, 1929 Features "Phyllis und die Mutter" and "Ush Ga Moloda" // Vitaphone #749

Isa Kremer, The Supreme Interpreter Of Ballad and Folk Songs (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 9, 1927 Concert performances: "Chittarata" / "No Sir" / "La Glu" // Vitaphone #475

Isham Jones & His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-11m-(Melody Master)-May 12, 1934 (filmed November '33) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* The famous songwriter and band-leader performs "You're Just a Dream Come True" and "Why Can't This Go On Forever". (With Gypsy Nina, Eddie Vogt, Arthur & Rose Boylan) // Vitaphone #1639

Isles Of Enchantmant (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Howard Claney) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-July 21, 1938 (Completed May) Tour of Komodo, Flores and Bali. // Vitaphone #74B

Isn't That Awful? (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Easy Aces [Goodman & Jane Ace])-© February 28, 1934 (filmed October '33) Goodman tries to keep Jane from crazy radio shows. // Vitaphone #1627

Israel (Leon Uris: Sam Zebba; narrator: Edward G. Robinson) Warnercolor / CinemaScope-30m-(Featurette)-February 20, 1959 (completed '58) Part travelogue sponsored by the Israel Bond Organization. Music by Elmer Bernstein. // Vitaphone #2938A

It Happened In Springfield (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Crane Wilbur; music: William Lava) bw-18m-(Special w/ Andrea King, Warren Douglas & others)- April 28, 1945 (filmed '44) Curious wartime drama about a small town influenced by a Fascist leader. // Vitaphone #1323A

It Happened To You (Robert Youngson; narrator: Jay Jackson) bw-18m-(Classics of the Screen)-© December 31, 1955 Newsreel footage of World War I. // Vitaphone #2557A

It Happens On Rollers (Del Frazier; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-July 12, 1941 (filmed '40) Figure skating with Gloria Nordskog. // Vitaphone #178A

Italian Holiday (Hamilton Wright; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Warnercolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-July 9, 1955 Glossy travelogue of the major sights. (Reissued August '65). // Vitaphone #2515A

Italian Memories (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; story: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor / CinemaScope-17m-(Scope Gem)-© June 9, 1956 (filmed '55) A child's eye view of Italy. // Vitaphone #2617A

Italy, The New And The Old (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman & Bert Frank) bw-9m-(Musical Journey)-© March 2, 1934 (filmed spring '33) Focuses on Venice. // Vitaphone #1597

It's A Panic (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Benny Meroff & His Orchestra)-April 10, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed February) From "Pretty Cinderella" to "St. Louis Blues" // Vitaphone #1329

It's All Over Now (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Dan Healy, Brooks Benedict, Vera Niva & Evelyn Poe)-© February 18, 1937 (filmed November '36) A now engaged playboy tells his butler of past conquests. // Vitaphone #2049-2050

It's The McCoy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabury) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Clyde McCoy & His Sugar Blues Orchestra)-March 18, 1939 (filmed January) Of course "Sugar Blues" is played as a theme song. Wayne Gregg, the Three Bennett Sisters and Tin Lorman support. // Vitaphone #203B

It's Work (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Paul Douglas) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-October 23, 1937 More diverse occupations in the US, filmed in color. // Vitaphone #68B

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Jack Denny's Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-November 29, 1935 (Film Daily review; filmed August) Starts with theme "Underneath the Stars' // Vitaphone #1888

Jack Goldie, The Ace Of Spades (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© January 28, 1929 (filmed December '28) Berlin's "How About Me" is one tune. Some blackface. // Vitaphone #704

Jack Smith, The Whispering Baritone (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© March 12, 1927 (filmed November '26) You have to realize that some of these singers were the "American Idols" of the twenties with many hits on the music charts. As the first studio on the "Talkie" bandwagon, Warner-Vitaphone had initial "dibs". This singer ("Cecilia" and "Poor Papa") didn't make many films. // Vitaphone #394

Jack White "The Premiere Clown Of Broadway" And His Montrealers (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: BryanFoy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© May 27, 1929 Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Nightclub setting with Mary & Billie Lee and Ruth Petty singing. A mixure of classical (some PIAGLIACCI) wih modern ("I'm Karazy About You"). // Vitaphone #791

Jack White And His Chateau Madrid Club Entertainers (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 20, 1929 With Jeanne Fayal singing. // Vitaphone #844

Jacques Fray & His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-March 27, 1937 With Andrea Marsh, Louise & Andrew Carr. Nighttime ballads include "South Sea Island Magic" and Rodgers-Hart "Blue Moon". // Vitaphone #2067

The Jam Session (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Clyde McCoy & His Sugar Blues Orchestra])-April 17, 1937 The band performs in a coffee shop. BoxOffice rated this their "short of the week". // Vitaphone #2091

James J. Corbett And Neil O'Brien (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 9, 1929 (filmed June) Features the famous boxer. // Vitaphone #842

Jammin' The Blues (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Gjon Mili & Bob Burks) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Lester Young, Illinois Jacquet, Marie Bryant & Archie Savage)-December 18, 1944 (filmed Jul-Aug) (*Academy Award Nominee*) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts , Blues In The Night & Passage To Marseilles (Classic Legends Humphrey Bogart) *DVD* Stylistic Melody Master done in silhouette, optical printer effects and stark contrasts that highlight the jazz performers' profiles and cigarette smoke. Great singing of "On the Sunny Side of the Street" and plenty of "jam sessioning". Frequently labeled the "Citizen Kane" of musical shorts. (Reissued 4-17-54) // Vitaphone #1315A

Jan Garber And His Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-August 31, 1940 Starts out with a rendition of "Lullaby Of Broadway" (Reissued 11-17-51) // Vitaphone #9931

Jan Gerber & His Little Club Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-January 1929

Jan Rubini "The Violin Virtuoso" With Vernon Rickard (Murray Roth) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety)-January 27, 1929 (Film Daily review; filmed December '28) Gypsy surroundings and tunes like “I Hear You Calling Me” // Vitaphone #2790

Jan Rubini And Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joe Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-December 4, 1937 Rubini explains to another why he can't part with his Stradivarius. (With Lillian Dawson, Rosalean & Seville and Francis Pierlot) // Vitaphone #24B

Jan Savitt And His Band (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-March 16, 1946 (filmed October '45) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Supported by Bob Arthur, Shirley Van, Helen Warren and the Lipham Children. (Reissued 9-3-55) // Vitaphone #1409A

Jane And Katherine Lee (---) bw-15m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© December 4, 1927 (filmed September) Singing "Tie Me to Your Apron Strings" and "All God's Chillun Got Wings" // Vitaphone #2150

Jane Dillon And Her Boy Friends (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Edmund Joseph) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-December 1929 Mostly male impersonations. // Vitaphone #957

Jane Pursell, Hollywood's Radio Girl (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© October 17, 1927 (filmed July) Singing three tunes including "Flapperette". // Vitaphone #2128

The Japanese Bowl (Jack Haskell) Technicolor (2-color)-9m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety)-June 11, 1930 (filmed January) Flower shop bowl characters tell the romantic tale of a princess and a poor poet. // Vitaphone #3899

Java (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Newman Traveltalk)-August 1931 (Film Daily reviews as Javanese Journey 1-10-32) Tour of Singapore and neighboring areas (including Colombo in Ceylon). Harvesting of rice and tobacco included. // Vitaphone #1254

The Jay Walker (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack; script: H.I. Phillips) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Chester Clute)-September 21, 1930 (Film Daily; filmed July 1930) An amusing spoof on New York's biggest crime. // Vitaphone #1061

Jazz Rehearsal (---) Technicolor (2-color)-15m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety)-© March 19, 1930 (filmed December '29) Music and dancing set in a movie studio. // Vitaphone #3760

Jeanne Gordon, The Celebrated Mezzo Soprano (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-May 1929 Features "Ma Coeur a Sa Voix Doux" // Vitaphone #808

Jerry Livingston And His Talk Of The Town Music (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-© January 4, 1939 (filmed '38) Featuring Jack & Jane Boyle, Adrian Rollini Trio and Barbara Richards // Vitaphone #201B

Jerusalem, The Holy City (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Musical World Journeys)-© March 15, 1934 (Completed August '33) // Vitaphone #1590

Jesse Stafford Orchestra, World Famous Musician (---) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety)-October 28, 1928 (filmed July) With the Lucas Brothers and tunes “Shine”, “Wob-a-ly Walk” and “Yankee Rose” // Vitaphone #2730

Jest For A While (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Clara Barry & Orval Whitledge)-© January 15, 1930 (filmed November '29) Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / A nice knock-off of Sophie Tucker singing. Orval on piano. // Vitaphone #941

Jest Moments (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Klein Brothers)-© July 1, 1928 (filmed March) Comedy sketch in a sanitorium with a quack doctor. // Vitaphone #2553

Jim and Betty Morgan "Songs As You Like Them" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 25, 1929 Includes Davis-Burke's "And Then I Forgot" // Vitaphone #712

Jimmie Lunceford And His Dance Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-December 19, 1936 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts , Blues In The Night & Follow The Fleet (Greatest Classic Films Astaire & Rogers 2) *DVD* One of the most popular Melody Masters viewed in recent years thanks to a stellar selection of material including "Rhythm Is Our Business". // Vitaphone #2062

Jimmy Dorsey And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-October 22, 1938 (filmed July) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & Jezebel (Greatest Classic Legends Bette Davis) *DVD* Straightforward nightclub performances of "Beebe" and "Dusk in Upper Sandusky" (among others) with Bob Eberle and Evelyn Oakes. // Vitaphone #144B

Jimmy Lyons (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 4, 1928 Comic monologue // Vitaphone #2409

Jimmy Lyons, The General Of Hilarity (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 21, 1928 (filmed December '27) Reviewed by Film Daily 9-15-28. More comedy banter with a political bent. // Vitaphone #2347

Joe College (Two College Nuts) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: Billy Edison & Charlie Gregory)-© August 20, 1929 Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / A flat tire does not stop this group from performing... and using car parts as instruments. Despite its novelty value, Film Daily snuffed “It has been done so often in vaudeville that it has no kick”. // Vitaphone #845

Joe E. Brown Personal Appearance Trailer (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-May 1929 // Vitaphone #2590

Joe Reichman And His Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-October 26, 1940 Starts off with his own "Reichmania". (Reissued 7-17-48) // Vitaphone #9932

Joe Wong, The Chinese Jazz Boy (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© October 17, 1927 (filmed July) Not many Asian-American performers on film. // Vitaphone #2126

John Barclay, Tallest Baritone In The World (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (2 shorts)-(Vitaphone Variety)-© April 4, 1927 (filmed February) // Vitaphone #289

John Charles Thomas And Vivienne Segal #493 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 18, 1927 Features "Danny Deever" and "In the Gleaming". Piano in a parlor. // Vitaphone #493

John Charles Thomas And Vivienne Segal #495 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 18, 1927 Features "Will You Remember" from MAYTIME. Set in a garden. // Vitaphone #495

John Charles Thomas, Renowned Stage And Concert Artist (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© April 18, 1927 Prologue to Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" with the Vitaphone Orchestra. (Reviewed by Film Daily 10-26-28) // Vitaphone #481

The John Glenn Story (National Aeronautics & Space Administration- William L. Hendricks; narrator: Jack Webb) color-30m-(Featurette)-December 1962 (*Academy Award Nominee*) Bio 3-reeler on the astronaut // Vitaphone #3100A

John Miller And James Mack, The Bing Boys (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-January 1929 // Vitaphone #2575

John Steel, The Musical Comedy Star (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-May 1929 Pianist Allen Parade assists in Irish and classical pieces. // Vitaphone #822

Johnny Green & His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-11m-(Melody Master)-September 6, 1935 (Film Daily review; wide release October 12, filmed May) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & Captain Blood (Greatest Classic Legends Errol Flynn) *DVD* Shot at a country resort with some boppy and slightly hip-hop western tunes added for good measure. Green's job is to liven up the sleepy guests // Vitaphone #1867

Johnny Marvin, Musical Comedy Star And Victor Recording Artist (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© July 2, 1927 (filmed March) Film Daily (11-18-28) dubbed this one “peppy”. With Murray Kellner on violin, Andy Sannella on guitar and Frank Banta on piano. // Vitaphone #492

Jolly Coburn And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-February 22, 1936 With Kathleen Wells, Harold Richards & Lewis Van. // Vitaphone #1913

Jolly Fanny Rice In "Types" (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Fanny Rice)-© December 27, 1927 (filmed October) Comic impersonations // Vitaphone #2243

Jolly Good Fellow (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henaberry) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Benjamin A. Rolfe & The Men About Town)-© July 5, 1934 (filmed January) Performances made part of Rofe's late night dreams. Dolly Arden and John Monahan are also featured. // Vitaphone #1678

Josef Kallini (#893) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-August 1929 Features "A Little Love, a Little Kiss" and "Ay-Ay-Ay" // Vitaphone #893

Josef Kallini "Foremost Tenor Of The Manhattan Opera House" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-August 1929 With pianist Aaron Pressman. Vitaphone #892 features "Still as the Night" and "Canta Pe Me". // Vitaphone #892

Joseph Diskay, The Hungarian Tenor (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© November 3, 1927 (filmed July) Includes Cadman's "At Dawning" and Logan's "Pale Moon" // Vitaphone #2122

Joseph E. Howard, America's Popular Composer (Joe Howard) (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© July 24, 1928 (filmed May) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Singing hits like "Goodbye My Lady Love" and "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" // Vitaphone #2596

Joseph Regan, America's Foremost Irish Tenor (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© December 8, 1928 (filmed September) // Vitaphone #2628

Josie Heather, The Character Comedienne (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© May 12, 1929 (filmed March) Scottish jokes and song. // Vitaphone #774

A Journey Of Songs (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jay Velie)-© March 19, 1929 (filmed January) A trio including "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" // Vitaphone #717

Journey To The Sea (Carl Dudley; script: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor / CinemaScope-16m-(Scope Gem)-September 1, 1955 Following the Rhine River from the Alps in wide screen. // Vitaphone #2494A

Judging Film (---) bw-9m-(promotional)-November 1954 Made for the American Kennel Club // Vitaphone #2432A

The Juggling Fool (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Bobby May)-May 14, 1938 A soda jerk can't stop juggling. Co-starring Anita Simpson. // Vitaphone #111B

June, The English Musical Comedy Star, With John Hundley (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 19, 1929 Two Leslie-Monaco tunes "Me and the Man in the Moon" and "My Troubles Are Over" // Vitaphone #735

Jungle Habitat (---) color-9m-(documentary)-© March 19, 1973 Promotes a studio-backed theme park that was open for a period in the seventies.

Jungle Man Killers (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Technicolor Adventure)-November 6, 1948 (filmed '47) Profiles a tiger hunt in Hyderabad. (Reissued April '60) // Vitaphone #1682A

Jungle Terror (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Owen Crump & Hassoldt Davis; music: William Lava; narrator: Martin Gabel) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-November 5, 1949 Exciting trip through French Guiana, the animals of the Amazon and a wasp torture ceremony with the natives. Davis and his wife Ruth Staudinger filmed this expedition in 1947-48. (Reissued September '59) The UCLA print is damaged in the second reel, but the Smithsonian also has copies as well as outtake footage (http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!248778!0) // Vitaphone #1870A

Jungle Thrills (Roger Q. Denny; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Lou Marcelle) bw-9m-(Warner "Vitaphone" Variety)-April 15, 1944 Not sure if the footage comes from the Adventures In Africa series (1930-31), but wild animal footage dates at least a decade previously. // Vitaphone #1199A

Junior (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-7m-(Pepper Pot: Neely Edwards)-May 1931 / Reviewed by Film Daily (and probably widely released 1-10-32) Struggles with a bratty kid. (With James McCallion, Maxine Flood & May Hanna) // Vitaphone #1223

Junior Jive Bombers (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Le Roy Prinz; music: William Lava) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-July 1, 1944 Assorted kids rebel from their classical masters. (Reissued 11-15-52) // Vitaphone #1248A

Just A Cute Kid (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Noel Smith; music: Howard Jackson) bw-11m-(Broadway Brevity: Cliff Edwards, Dana Dale & Olin Howland)-© October 5, 1940 (filmed June) Dance Girls Dance *DVD* Speed has to contend with a "mad" scientist who wants his skull. // Vitaphone #9862-9863

Just Concentrate (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ralph Staub) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Lulu McConnell)-© July 21, 1934 (filmed November '33) A zany Think-O-Player machine proves to be a fraud. (With Bob Hyman, Eddie Acuff and Jean Lacy) // Vitaphone #1641

Just Crooning Along (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Croonaders)-© September 5, 1928 (filmed June) Film Daily dubbed this singing and ukulele playing "poor". // Vitaphone #2685

Just Dumb (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Nelson B. Clifford & Marie Marion)-© October 14, 1929 (filmed August) A bit like DON'T GET NERVOUS (qv) with this couple making a Vitaphone short and a crew so silent they can hear a pin drop. // Vitaphone #883

Just For Fun (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-18m-(Classic Of The Screen)-July 15, 1950 (Completed '48) More footage from the Mack Sennett library. // Vitaphone #1808A

Just For Sport (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; André De La Varre; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-August 23, 1952 Compilation reel of US sports // Vitaphone #2174A

Just Like A Man (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley & John Hobble) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© August 30, 1929 (filmed June) Sexes switch roles at home // Vitaphone #839

Juvenile Musicians (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Charles D. McCoy's Newsboys Harmonica Band)-© March 31, 1928 (filmed October '27) // Vitaphone #2300

The Karmon-Israeli Dancers And Theodore Bikel (Zavala-Riss Productions) color-25m-(documentary)-January 1972 (filmed in Munich in 1970)

Kate Smith, Songbird Of The South (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© June 29, 1929 One of her earliest film appearances with pianist Al Foster and tunes "Carolina Moon" and "Bless You Sister" // Vitaphone #817

Katz Pajamas (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Fifi D'Orsay, the Meadowbrook Boys & Georgie Tapps)-December 4, 1935 Fifi helps a dress manufacturer by modeling with music. // Vitaphone #1903-1904

Keep Smiling (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Ed Lowry & His Orchestra)-© July 1, 1928 (filmed March) // Vitaphone #2561

Keeping Company (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-19m-(Vitaphone Variety: Eddie Buzzell)-April 6, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed January) A.k.a. "The Pet Shop" with the owner too attached to his furry merchandise. On whippet makes helps him out at he races though. Evalyn Knapp and Clay Clement co-star. // Vitaphone #963-964

Keystone Hotel (Ralph Staub; script: Joe Traub; music: Howard Jackson) bw-20m-(Big V Comedy)-August 24, 1935 An ambitious attempt to revive the Keystone Kops and, despite becoming a solo effort, Ralph Staub's direction was impecable and the pie-throwing material priceless that many subsequence WB shorts borrowed its footage. Ben Turpin, Hank Mann, Chester Conklin, Ford Sterling, Marie Prevost, Vivien Oakland, Jack Duffy, Bert Roach and others appear here. (Reissued 2-8-47) // Vitaphone #1732-1733

Kick Me Again (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Joe Palooka w/ Robert Norton & Shemp Howard)-February 6, 1937 Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* Adventures in Paris where the next prize fight is. (With Beverly Phalon & Lee Weber) // Vitaphone #2074-2075

The Kiddie Cabaret (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© October 14, 1929 (filmed August) Featuring Sybil Lee, Peggy & Dorothy Delight, Buddy Reed, Lenora Bohen, Glauco D'Attilli & Yukona Cameron. // Vitaphone #878

Kidnapper's Revenge (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Monty Banks)-January 1921//

Killers Of The Swamp (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-September 6, 1952 (Completed March '51) Profiles of the Everglades alligator, rattlesnake and bobcat. (Reissued June '63) // Vitaphone #2054A

King And Boles (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-October 1928 // Vitaphone #2786

King For A Day (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Bill Robinson)-June 30, 1934 (filmed February) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* "Mr. Green" uses a crap game to get into a tap dance Vaudeville show Brown's Black Orchids. (With Ernest Whitman, Dewey Brown, Hattie Noel, Muriel Rahn & Dusty Fletcher) // Vitaphone #1687-1688

King Of The Archers (Howard Hill; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-9m-(Hollywood Novelty)-February 6, 1943 (filmed December '42) More archery demonstrations with the master. // Vitaphone #1096A

King Of The Carnival (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Saul Elkins; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-September 11, 1947 (Topeka, Kansas) & April 3, 1948 (Filmed September '46) Behind-the-scenes look at a carnival in Topeka, Kansas. Showcasing Carl J. Sedlmayr's Royal American Show. // Vitaphone #1623A

King Of The Everglades (André De La Varre & Ross Allen; music: Rex Dunn) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-September 14, 1946 / Watching the great Allen in Florida handling reptiles and other animals. // Vitaphone #1477A

King Of The Islands (Ralph Staub) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor "Broadway Brevity" Special: Winni Shaw, Warren Hymer & Edward McWade)-February 22, 1936 Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Pleasant enough Technicolor fluff set on a tropical isle with much native dancing. Sailor is married off to the volcano. // Vitaphone #7234-7235

King Of The Rockies (Kings Of The Rockies) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; André De La Varre; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-November 19, 1949 Horse reel. (Reissued April '61) // Vitaphone #1816A

King Salmon (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-© September 29, 1932 (Completed July) Fishing reel. (Wide release November 11) // Vitaphone #1431

King Salmon (Del Frazier; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-December 20, 1941 / Life cycle of a fish with close up scenes of eggs and "fishling" development. // Vitaphone #656A

Kingdom Of The Saguenay (Douglas Sinclair) color-9m-(World Wide Adventure)-© February 1, 1964 (Completed '63) / Québec travelogue // Vitaphone #3158A

Kingdom Of The Wild (Carl Stearns Clancy & Charles Tedford; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Technicolor Adventure)-March 15, 1947 (Completed '46) Technicolor views of National Park mammals. // Vitaphone #1462A

Kings Of The Outdoors (music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-August 18, 1951 (Completed March) All about horses. (Reissued July '62) // Vitaphone #2055A

Kings Of The Turf (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Del Fraser & Harold Medford; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-10m-(Color Parade / Sports Parade)-September 27, 1941 (*Academy Award Nominee*) The Great Lie *DVD* This Sports Parade shows us how Mortimer, a Standardbred horse, is trained for harness racing. // Vitaphone #572A

Kings Of The Turf (Ralph Staub) bw-10m-(Pepper Pot)-May 11, 1935 California horse race sports-reel showcasing many familiar faces (like Clark Gable). // Vitaphone #6726

Kissing Time (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-23m-(Broadway Brevity: Jane Froman & George Metaxa)-December 16, 1933 (filmed August) Lady Killer *DVD* Romance and music involving a US girl in an unidentified South American village troubled by civil war. (With Ralph Stanford, Novia & Philip Ryder) // Vitaphone #1593-1594

The Knife Thrower (Maxwell Weinberg) bw-15m-(Special)-March 3, 1951 (filmed '49; edited '51) Drama about a jealous husband who tries to kill his wife. Based on a story by Guy de Maupassant and starring David Kurlan. // Vitaphone #2076A

The Knight Is Young (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Hal LeRoy, June Allyson, Earlene Schools & Norman MacKay)-October 29, 1938 Best Foot Forward *DVD* Boy helps girl pay her apartment rent, with some dancing involved. // Vitaphone #141-142B

Knight MacGregor (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 8, 1927 (filmed June) The baritone with pianist Edna Wallace. // Vitaphone #613

Knocking 'Em Cold (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Andrew Tombes)-© November 5, 1930 (filmed September) Reviewed by Film Daily 9-13-31. An actor exaggerates his talents and is troubled out in a Jersey vaudeville show by his room-mates. // Vitaphone #1103

The Kouns Sisters, The Mirror Voiced Sopranos (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© July 2, 1927 (filmed April) Featuring Nellie and Sarah. // Vitaphone #515

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La Fiesta (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m35s-(Vitaphone Variety: Anna Case)-August 6, 1926 Don Juan *DVD* Great early opera singing here. // Vitaphone #294

The Lady And The Lug (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; William C. McGann; story: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson) bw-19m-(Elsa Maxwell Blue Ribbon Comedy: Elsa Maxwell & Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom)-May 18, 1940 / The etiquette queen tries to get the famous boxer to support a charity of hers. // Vitaphone #9860-9861

The Lady In Black (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Countess Olga Albani)-August 17, 1935 (filmed June) A high society singer fools her boyfriend that she has a twin sister performing at a nightclub. (With Mortimer Welson, Albert van Dekker & Margaret Irving) // Vitaphone #1878-1879

The Lady Killer (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Eric Dressler & Shirley Palmer)-© January 5, 1931 (filmed November '30) A landlady thinks a ventriloguist act with one of her residents is a murder scene… and two bumbling detectives arrive. // Vitaphone #1140

The Lady That's Known Lou (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Mary Haynes)-December 1, 1928 (filmed September) // Vitaphone #2763

Lambchops (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: George Burns & Gracie Allen)-October 14, 1929 (filmed August) included in the National Film Registry; The Jazz Singer *DVD* Still highly amusing vaudeville sketch performed by two of the biggest stars of future radio and TV. A very worthy debut and in excellent preservation. // Vitaphone #891

Land Of Everyday Miracles (Richard Bare & Paul Thoma; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Technicolor-17m-(Technicolor Special)-March 8, 1952 (Completed '51) Profile of American inventions and institutions. // Vitaphone #2128A

The Land Of Harmony (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bartram & Saxton)-© November 28, 1927 Singing with guitar. // Vitaphone #2144

The Land Of Harmony (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Plantation Trio)-© February 9, 1929 (filmed November '28) // Vitaphone #2816

Land Of Romance (Luis Osorno Barona; music: Rex Dunn) Technicolor-10m-(Technicolor Adventure)-September 6, 1947 (filmed '45-'46) Travelogue of southern Mexico. // Vitaphone #1474A

Land Of The Kangaroo (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Howard Claney) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-December 18, 1937 // Vitaphone #65B

Land Of The Magyar (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Basil Ruysdael) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-July 3, 1937 Tour of Hungary // Vitaphone #2030

Land Of The Midnight Sun (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Alan Kent) Cinecolor-10m-(Colortour Adventures)-February 27, 1937 Colorful tour of Norway's Laplanders along with the fishing village of Bergen. // Vitaphone #2025

Land Of The Trembling Earth (Ted & Vincent Saizis; music: William Lava; narrator: Marvin Miller) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-January 26, 1952 (Completed October '51) A look at Georgia's Okefonokee Swamp. The cinematographers here would later work on many features. // Vitaphone #2124A

The Land We Love (William Hendricks; narrator: Raymond Massey & Hubert Humphrey) color-18m-(Special)-February 1966 (filmed '65) Made for US Savings Bond Division, comprised of much recycle footage from earlier shorts of the United States scenery // Vitaphone #3254A

Larry Ceballos' Crystal Cave Revue (---) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety)-November 18, 1928 (Film daily review; filmed July) A bit spicey in one of its numbers with ladies uncovering at the tune of “I’d Like to See More of You”. // Vitaphone #2693

The Larry Ceballos Revue (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-March 1928 Theatrical production with Owen Fallon's Orchestra, Al Herman Badger & Lory, Irma, Dot & Ama Lou // Vitaphone #2562

Larry Ceballos Roof Garden Revue (---) bw-9m32s-(Vitaphone Variety)-© November 14, 1928 (filmed August) The Jazz Singer *DVD* Pre Busby-Berkeley spectacular featuring the Adagio Dancers with a mae chorus. Plenty of tap dancing with tunes "Over the Garden Wall", "It Was the Dawn of Love" and "Pretty Little Bom Bom Maid from Bombay". // Vitaphone #2759

Larry Ceballos' Undersea Revue (---) bw-20m-(Vitaphone Variety: Jimmy Clemons & Lyda Roberti)-September 2, 1928 (Film Daily review; filmed June) Music selection is aquatic: "Coast Guard Song", "Dolphins", "Spirit of the Sea", etc. // Vitaphone #2661

Larry Clinton & His Orchestra With Bea Wain (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-May 20, 1939 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Ford Leary is also featured. // Vitaphone #221B

Larry Clinton And His Orchestra With Carol Bruce (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French & Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-September 3, 1938 Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Hits include "Dipsy Doodle" and "Stana Takes a Holiday. Martin & Robinson support. // Vitaphone #139B

Las Vegas, Frontier Town (music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-© December 20, 1946 (wide release November 1, 1947) How the city looked before gambling became the number one industry. // Vitaphone #1551A

The Lash (Bryan Foy) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Hal Crane, William B. Davidson, Richard Tucker & others)-© November 3, 1927 (filmed August) The police interrogate a son into admitting he killed his father to save his mother. // Vitaphone #2133

The Last Bomb (US Army Air Force- Frank Lloyd) Technicolor-35m-(Featurette)-December 1945 (Warner release November 2, 1946) Documentary of the planning and delivery of the last great bomber attack on the city of Tokyo by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II. // Vitaphone #1662A

Last But Not Leased (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Billy Wayne & Thelma White)-© January 5, 1931 (filmed November '30) Newlyweds move to an apartment with all the new conveniences… including a sexy dame down the hall. // Vitaphone #1141

Last Straw (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: Romney Bent)-© January 5, 1931 (filmed November '30) Romney heads a drugstore that sells litrally anything you want. // Vitaphone #1142

A Laugh A Day (Charles Tedford; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-18m-(Classics of the Screen)-November 24, 1951 More vintage Mack Sennett. // Vitaphone #2107A

A Laugh Or Two (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Brown & Whitaker)-© February 4, 1928 Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Comedy outside a drugstore with Russ Brown and Jean Whittaker // Vitaphone #2265

Laughs In The Law (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Dan Coleman, Joan Castle, Robert Hyman, Hugh Cameron & Edgar Nelson)-© October 20, 1933 (filmed June) A lawyer defending two boys for playing baseball on Sunday showcases sill rules across the country. // Vitaphone #1563

Law Of The Badlands (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl) bw-20m-(Special [Santa Fe Trail] w/ Robert Shayne, Warren Douglas & Angela Greene)-April 14, 1945 (filmed '44) A lieutenant is out to find who ramed him for murder seven years ago. (Reissued 8-4-51) // Vitaphone #1327A

The Lazy Hunter (Howard Hill; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-October 26, 1946 / Archer Howard Hill tracks coyote and hawk. // Vitaphone #1485A

Le Pecheur a l'Ecoute (Fisherman's Fall) (National Film Board of Canada: Robert Nichol) color-16m-(Worldwide Adventure)-1967 (Warner release November 23, 1968) // Vitaphone #3404A

Lead Kindly Light (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Irene Rich)-© July 23, 1928 (filmed December '27) // Vitaphone #2368

Learn And Live (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) bw-18m-(Special)-July 7, 1945 (Completed '44) Shows how training movies aid the US Army. // Vitaphone #1342A

The Lease Breakers (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Willie Creager & Band)-November 10, 1932 (Film Daily review) Leases can be broken with a nice loud rehearsal. Aunt Jemima (Tess Gardella), Isabel Brown and the Colleano Wire Act are featured. // Vitaphone #1468

The Legacy (Carl McBride) bw-15m-(Vitaphone Variety: Betty Compton)-August 31, 1930 (Film Daily review) The star inherits a musical hotel. // Vitaphone #4270-4271

Legacy Of Albert Schweitzer (Gibson-Marble Prod.) c-30m-(Special)-February 1969 Initially a TV special // Vitaphone #3427A

The Legend Of El Dorado (Cedric Francis, producer; Tom McGowan; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor / CinemaScope-18m-(Scope Gem)-December 29, 1956 Tour of Colombia // Vitaphone #2688A

The Lemmings (Mark Obenhaus) color-10m-(Worldwide Adventure)-November 22, 1969 Comic take on people and taxi cabs in New York City

The Lemon (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Hugh Herbert)-© February 4, 1928 (filmed October '27) // Vitaphone #2259

Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-July 10, 1937 Comedy plot mixed with the music has the band landing in jail for being too noisy with rehearsels. The Rhythm Kings perform and Billy Gilbert and Paul Barry support the cast. // Vitaphone #14B

Leo Reisman and His Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-© December 24, 1941 (filmed April) Tunes include the Handy classic "St. Louis Blues" (Reissue 5-27-50) // Vitaphone #352A

Leon Navara And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-November 7, 1936 / Features a humorous Hades setting with the jazz band heating up "down under". Honey & Weldon add dancing. // Vitaphone #2001

Leon Navara In A Pianologue (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© December 8, 1927 (filmed October) // Vitaphone #2190

Lerdo's Mexican Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 19, 1929 (filmed January) Includes "Cielito Lindo", "Rancho Grande" & "Patria Mia" // Vitaphone #705

A Lesson In Golf (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Alex Morrison)-© December 8, 1927 (filmed September) Early sports-reel demonstrating for Walter Weams. // Vitaphone #2199

Let's Elope! (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Edmund Joseph) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Betty & Jerry Browne)-© March 15, 1930 (filmed January) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* As the title suggests: one nutty guy elopes with a ladder and finds he has competition for his gal. // Vitaphone #970

Let's Go Boating (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; André De La Varre; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-January 21, 1950 (Completed July '49) // Vitaphone #1839A

Let's Go Camping (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Frederick Richards; music: Rex Dunn) Technicolor-9m-(Technicolor Adventure)-July 27, 1946 (filmed '45) Two girls camp at the Grand Canyon and Painted Desert. // Vitaphone #1458A

Let's Go Fishing (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-17m-(Technicolor Special)-October 21, 1944 Assortment of new and old footage spotlighting Colorado and Chile. // Vitaphone #1285A

Let's Go Gunning (A. Pam Blumenthal & André de la Varre: Van Campen Heilner; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-April 6, 1946 (© December 29, 1945) // Vitaphone #1464A

Let's Go Swimming (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Frederick Richards; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-10m-(Sports Parade)-January 4, 1947 (filmed '46) Some footage culled from earlier sports-reels // Vitaphone #1529A

Let's Merge (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety)-June 1930 Starrin Doree Leslie, Stanley Ridges & Lillian Fitzgerald. A company attempts a business merger romantically linking an heiress with European royalty. // Vitaphone #1059

Let's Play Post Office (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Jean Sargent, Eleanor Whitney, Josh Medders & 3 Roberts Brothers)-December 1933 In a musical fantasy: about a post office with no problems. // Vitaphone #1660-1661

Let's Sing A Song About The Moonlight (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-10m-(Memories From Melody Lane)-January 24, 1948 (filmed May '47) On Moonlight Bay *DVD* The feature boasting the title song “Shine On Harvest Moon” is one of a few “borrowed” in this look at "moon" songs. // Vitaphone #1597A

Let's Sing A Song From The Movies (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-11m-(Memories From Melody Lane)-July 17, 1947 Romance On The High Seas (Greatest Classic Legends Doris Day) *DVD* The first of a replacement series for the Melody Masters, spotlighting songs of a particular theme (with their history discussed in detail) and ending with a sing-a-long. Much of the footage used was not new, but you wouldn't know it thanks to the clever editing and presentation, with excellent music scores to boot. // Vitaphone #1607A

Let's Sing A Song Of The West (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl) bw-9m-(Memories From Melody Lane)-September 27, 1947 Nice overview of western "cowboy" music before folks like Hank Williams mainstreamed it. Nice sing-a-long at the end. Plenty of stock western footage included. // Vitaphone #1571A

Let's Sing A Stephen Foster Song (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-11m-(Memories From Melody Lane)-May 8, 1948 (filmed September '47) Part bio on the 19th century composer with a bit of PLANTATION MELODIES (qv) edited in. // Vitaphone #1642A

Let's Sing An Old Time Song (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-9m-(Memories From Melody Lane)-December 26, 1947 (filmed May) / Like "The Band Played On" and "Come Josephine In My Flying Machine". We also get The Story behind the tunes. // Vitaphone #1593A

Let's Sing Grandfather's Favorites (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl) bw-10m-(Memories From Melody Lane)-August 8, 1948 (filmed August '47) Again the Merry Makers traips back to the turn of the century with a few feature film extracts like IT ALL CAME TRUE. Includes "Aftethe Ball" and "In My Merry Oldsmobile" // Vitaphone #1619A

The Letter Box (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Sybil Lee, Burke Clark & Harold Kennedy)-© December 31, 1929 Girl brings back together Dad with Grandpa. // Vitaphone #934

Letters (John Adolfi) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 17, 1930 (filmed December '29) Mini drama with Pauline Garon, Natalie Moorhead, Kathryn Givney & William B. Davidson. A politician's wife goes after his mistress. // Vitaphone #3825

The Lifers Of The Party (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty: The Yacht Club Boys)-April 17, 1937 The boys perform at a prison and discover the cops want them! Ending is a good one though. // Vitaphone #2082

The Light Cavalry Overture (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Herman Heller & Vitaphone Orchestra)-© June 29, 1927 (filmed February) // Vitaphone #448

Lighter Than Air (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-October 20, 1951 A short chronicling the construction of a huge airplane hangar designed to hold a zeppelin. // Vitaphone #2117A

Lillian Crowell And Ty Parvis, Vaudeville's Talented Children (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© November 3, 1927 (filmed August) // Vitaphone #2140

Lincoln In The White House (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; William McGann; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-21m-(Technicolor Special: Frank McGlynn Sr., Dickie Moore, John Harron & others)-February 11, 1939 (previewed the week of January 13th) The Old Maid *DVD* Glossy Technicolor biopic featuring a studio-bound Gettysburg Address. (Reissued 12-8-51) // Vitaphone #9023-9024

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Impersonated And Interpreted By Lincoln Caswell (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Lincoln Caswell)-© April 4, 1927 (filmed February) This Methodist pastor was dubbed "The Living Lincoln" and had a successful stage show called "Lincoln An Interpretation". // Vitaphone #444

Lions For Sale (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Del Frazier; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) 2-color process-10m-(Sports Parade)-August 9, 1941 (filmed May) Sergeant York *DVD*/ Shows how lions are trained for the circus. // Vitaphone #356A

Listen To The Bands (Gordon Hollingshead:Le Roy Prinz & Jean Negulesco) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-October 7, 1944 (filmed March) Footage of Glen Gray, Skinnay Ennis, Joe Reichman & Milt Britton Orchestras // Vitaphone #1223A

The Little Archer (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Patsie Sinkey; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Technicolor-8m35s-(Sports Parade)-October 8, 1949 (filmed '48) Johnny Belinda *DVD* 4-year old Melvin Beebe shows his archery skill. // Vitaphone #1794A

A Little Bit Of Everything (---) bw- 15m-(Vitaphone Variety: Eddie & Marie Quillan)-© July 1, 1928 (filmed March) The family sings "Where the Lazy Daisies Grow" and "Dream Kisses" // Vitaphone #2574

A Little Bit Of This And That (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Frank Shaw)-1928 (never released) // Vitaphone #2785

Little Breath Of Broadway (A Breath Of Broadway) (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jack Waldron)-© September 5, 1928 (filmed July) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Parlor tunes "Back in Your Own Backyard", "Goody Goody" and "Black Maria" // Vitaphone #2691

A Little Conversation (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bert Hanlon & Doris Canfield)-September 1928 // Vitaphone #2770

A Little Girl With Big Ideas (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: John Henabery) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Molly Picon)-© January 20, 1934 (filmed September '33) Sisterly support with a musical production One succeeds with the Irish sweepstakes. (With Jay Velie, Donald McBride, Joan Stevens & Toney Hughes) // Vitaphone #1624-1626

Little Isles Of Freedom (Victor Stoloff & Edgar Loew; music: William Lava) bw-19m-(Broadway Brevity: Charles Boyer)-December 26, 1942 (*Academy Award Nominee*) Filmed at Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. // Vitaphone #1094A

Little Jack Little (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: John Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-August 22, 1934 (Film Daily review; filmed September '33) The band perform on a ship, the USS Atlantic, and are accompanied later by tap dancing (Dot, Donna & Teddy). // Vitaphone #1617

Little Jack Little & Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-11m-(Melody Master)-March 28, 1936 (filmed February) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* The highlight is an energetic rendition of "Somebody Stole My Girl". // Vitaphone #1936

Little Journeys To Great Masters (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Newman Traveltalk)-August 1, 1931 Visits art galleries of Rome & Florence. // Vitaphone #1248

Little Me (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Headliners: Wini Shaw & Janet Dempey)-March 5, 1938 (filmed October '37) // Vitaphone #95-96B

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Little Miss Everybody (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Zelda Santley)-November 24, 1929 (Film Daily review) Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / Impersonates Ted Lewis, Fanny Brice a stage famous (pre movies) Mae West and Maurice Chevalier. // Vitaphone #919

Little Miss Mischief (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-© April 10, 1934 (filmed May '33) Antics of a small girl set to pantomime music. // Vitaphone #1552

The Little Pioneer (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Bobby Connolly; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-19m-(Technicolor "Broadway Brevity" Special: Sybil Jason, Jane Wyman, Carlyle Moore Jr. & others)-July 31, 1937 With an early color appearence by Wyman, this is a typical romantic mini-drama set against the Boer War. // Vitaphone #8157-8158

The Little Princess Of Song #445 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Sylvia Froos)-© April 4, 1927 (filmed February) Featuring a talented 13-year old. Starts with "When Did You Get Those Eyes?" // Vitaphone #445

The Little Princess Of Song #446 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Sylvia Froos)-© April 4, 1927 (filmed February) Starts with "Tomorrow Morning". // Vitaphone #446

Little White Lies (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Glen Lambert) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Franklin Ardell & Chester Clute)-April 1, 1933 (filmed March '32) The Amalgamated Liars Club award one very mermaid-ish tale. (Also Dan Coleman, Margaret Lee, Wilfred Lyrel and Agnes Franey.) // Vitaphone #1381

The Littlest Diplomat (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Bobby Connolly; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-19m5s-(Technicolor "Broadway Brevity" Special: Sybil Jason & Lumsden Hare)-September 18, 1937 (BoxOffice review, filmed March) The Life Of Emile Zola *DVD* Battle between Indians and early 18th century British is solved by a cute girl. // Vitaphone #7948-7949

Lives In Peril (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-9m-(Your True Adventure)-July 1, 1939 Danger in a high school when acid drips into a furnace. Charles Powers, John Kirk and Ralph Riggs star. // Vitaphone #157B

Living With Lions (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; S.R. Cleland Scott; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-10m-(Technicolor Adventure)-June 5, 1948 (Completed June '47) Comic look at African lions. // Vitaphone #1612A

Lobo "The Dog Of Dogs" With Clarence Moore (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-5m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© March 15, 1930 (filmed January) The first of many dog trick shows; a precursor to the Pete Smith Specialties of later years. // Vitaphone #968

Lodge Night (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Joe Phillips, John Dunsmore & Hazel Cox)-© December 10, 1930 (filmed October) Hubby takes two cuties to a lodge but wifie emptied his pockets. // Vitaphone #1134

Logging Along (narrator: Eddie Acuff) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-December 4, 1935 Eddie Acuff narrates this look at the timber industry. // Vitaphone #7133

London Can Take It! (Crown Film Unit / Ministry Of Information- Humphrey Jennings) bw-9m-(Ministry Of Information Special)-October 21, 1940 British import profiling the bombing of London and the British citizens continuing about their business with strength. // Vitaphone #275B

Lonely Gigolo (Jack Haskell) Technicolor (2-color)-9m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety: Lotti Loder)-March 1930 Ballroom comedy musical with the star playing both a gigolo and his girl. // Vitaphone #3931

Lonesome Trailer (Ralph Staub; s: Joe Traub; music: Howard Jackson) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: El Brendel, Edna Bennett, Eddie Schubert & Mary Treen)-October 26, 1935 Elaborately staged gags involving the collapsing family trailer. One of the best two-reel comedies coming from the studio. // Vitaphone #7010-7011

Long Bright Land (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Howard Claney) Cinecolor-11m-(Colortour Adventures)-September 18, 1937 (BoxOffice review) Tour of New Zealand. Includes the kiwi // Vitaphone #64B

A Look At Log Island (Crest Productions) color-9m-(World Wide Adventure)-October 1963 Tour of Stockholm, Sweden // Vitaphone #3182A

Look For The Silver Lining (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-25m-(Broadway Brevity: Dorothy Stone)-© April 23, 1934 (filmed December '33) Semi-remake of feature SALLY. A waitress becomes a singing star. (With Stanley Smith, Gus Shy, Olin Howland & Gertrude Niesen) // Vitaphone #1654-1655

Looking At Life (Robert Youngson) bw-20m-(Classics of the Screen)-July 18, 1953 * A hodgepodge of historic inventions from the lightbulb to the dawn of rocket exploration. // Vitaphone #2283A

The Loomis Twins, Darlings Of Songland (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© June 29, 1927 Starts with "Tellin' the Birds, Tellin' the Bees How I Love You". Impersonation of bandleader Ted Lewis included. // Vitaphone #532

Lost And Found (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety)-November 9, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed July) With William Demarest, Dorothy Appleby & Lillian Bond. Flirtation involving a lost cane in a store becomes more than William bargains for in this romantic comedy // Vitaphone #1064

The Lost City (Of The African Jungle) (Selig Polyscope: E. A. Martin; s: Frederic Chapin) bw/silent-2 reels-(serial w/ Juanita Hansen, George Chesebro, Frank Clark, Hector Dion & Others)-© June 1, 1920 (filmed 1919) Also known as "The Jungle Princess". These serials that Warners made in the silent era made good use of the Selig Zoo. Following episode titles (all copyrighted the same date): #1 1 The Lost Princess, #2 City Of The Hanging Gourds; #3 The Flaming Tower; #4 Jungle Death; #5 The Puma's Victim; #6 The Man Eater's Prey; #7 The Bride Of Death; #8 A Tragedy In The Sky; #9 In The Palance Of Black Walls; #10 The Tug Of War; #11 In The Lion's Jaw; #12 The Jungle Fire; #13 The Cave Of Eternal Fire; #14 The Eagle's Nest; #15 (no title)

The Love Boat (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Herman Timberg)-© March 15, 1930 (filmed December '29) Scary fantasy of an all-woman pirate ship. // Vitaphone #955

The Love Department (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Bernice Claire, Billie Leonard & Donald Douglas)-May 18, 1935 (filmed February '35) A columnist goes to the French Riviera to find love, but realizes what she misses is closer to home. // Vitaphone #1837-1838

The Love Egg (California Producers Corp- Erie Kenton) bw/silent-2 reels-(Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin & Don Marion)-September 11, 1921//

The Love Nest (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Billy Wayme & Thelma White)-© February 5, 1931 (filmed December '30) Newlyweds buy a mobile home // Vitaphone #1157

Love Thy Neighbor (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-10m-(Pepper Pot: Dan Tompkins & Marel Foster)-July 23, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed March) A newlywed man mistakes the wrong house and gets into humorous skirmishes with Gunboat Smith. // Vitaphone #1380

Love's Intrigue (Mack Sennett; music: William Lava) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity / Special)-December 26, 1940 Uses stock footage from silent Billy Bevan comedies. This was the first of many shorts culling the studio's First National, Vitagraph and, after 1947, Pathé libraries. // Vitaphone #108-109A

Low-down, A Bird's Eye View Of Harlem (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Monette Moore, Gertie Chambers, Mary Burnes & Washboard Serenaders)-© December 21, 1929 (filmed October) Putney Dandridge and Harold Randolph are credited with the Washboard Serenaders. Musical review in the tenement district including Johnston-Bradford's "Dynamite Johnson" and "Georgia Is Always On My Mind" // Vitaphone #914

Lucky 13 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-20m-(Girlfriends Comedy w / Thelma White & Fanny Watson)-October 4, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed August) The girls take on a housemobile race. // Vitaphone #1265-1266

The Lucky Break (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety)-October 12, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed May) Several familiars in this cast: Harry Fox, Glenda Farrell & Walter Regan. An unbreakable mirror is anything but. Later troubles with the landlord // Vitaphone #1035

Lucky In Love (Bryan Foy?) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Clyde Cook, Hugh Herbert & others)-© March 15, 1928 (filmed November '27) Comedy about a poker game gone bad. // Vitaphone #2284

The Lucky Swede (Ralph Staub; music: Howard Jackson) bw-20m-(Big V Comedy: El Brendel & Helen Ericson)-December 4, 1935 (filmed October) Antics of an Alaskan "tenderfoot"… with a Swedish accent of course. // Vitaphone #7020-7021

The Lyin' Tamer (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Gay-ety: George Jessel)-August 29, 1936 George plays a wild animal rainer for the radio. // Vitaphone #2009

Lynn Cowan, Vitaphone Community Singer (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© December 27, 1927 (filmed October) // Vitaphone #2258

Lyrics Of Life (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: May Usher)-© April 18, 1927 (filmed February) Billed here as Leading Vaudeville Comedienne // Vitaphone #479

Mme (Ernestine) Schumann-Heink #379 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 4, 1927 (filmed September '26) Starts with "Danny Boy" // Vitaphone #379

Madame (Ernestine) Schumann-Heink #380 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 4, 1927 (filmed September '26) Starts with "By the Waters of the Minnetonka" // Vitaphone #380

Madame Frances Alda (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© August 30, 1929 Includes “Last Rose of Summer” and “The Birth of Morn” // Vitaphone #451

Madame Of The Jury (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Judith Anderson)-© November 14, 1930 The future feature star (i.e. REBECCA and LAURA) makes an early appearance in this courtroom drama with a deadlocked jury investigating a murder. John Patrick and Phil Leigh support. // Vitaphone #1121

Magic Bullets (---) bw-30m-(War Activities Committee Special)-Mar? 1943 Documentary military training film on the treatment of syphilis

Magic In The Sun (Carl Dudley; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Howard Culver) Warnercolor / CinemaScope-8m-(Scope Gem)-November 6, 1956 Tour of Haiti. // Vitaphone #2675A

Magic Movie Moments (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw-10m-(Warner Novelty)-December 26, 1953 / This first Youngson short culling from Warner's primary library features footage from NOAH’S ARK (1928). // Vitaphone #2338A

Maid For A Day (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-21m-(Broadway Brevity: Grace & Peter Hayes)-May 23, 1936 A fading Broadway entertainer works as a domestic to obtain background for a part in a new musical. (With the Ritz Quartette, Marvin Jensen, Don Lee & Louise) // Vitaphone #1973-1974

Maid To Order (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Eleanor Shaler, Pauline MacLean & Bob Lynn)-© January 5, 1931 (filmed November '30) The maid takes charge hiring during a servant shortage and causes some havoc. // Vitaphone #1144

The Maid's Night Out (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bobby Watson)-© December 31, 1929 When a husband brings a guest home, the wife impersonates the off-duty maid. // Vitaphone #3680

Mail And Female (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Big V Comedy / Broadway Brevity: Ken Murray & Oswald)-© May 3, 1937 (filmed March) A newly engaged Ken gets bombarded by his own love letters from his ex-girlfriends and he hides out in his hotel when one lady buys them. (With Beverl Phaln, Elaine Arden & Florence Auer) // Vitaphone #2080-2081

A Mail Bride (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Ruth Etting)-May 29, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed March) Better than average Etting musical involving a mail order husband for a radio singer’s maid. Co-starring Gregory Gaye, Elvira Trabert & Max Stamm // Vitaphone #1383-1384

Main Street Follies (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Hal LeRoy, Mary Joan Martin, Billy Vine & the Cavaliers)-May 11, 1935 (filmed January '35) LeRoy plays three roles here musically and dance-wise in production numbers: grandfather / father / son. // Vitaphone #1833-1834

Main Streets (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(World Adventures)-© April 12, 1933 (Completed June '32) Tour of various streets from New York to Venice. // Vitaphone #1430

Making Good (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding; s: Stanley Rauh) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Joe Penner)-© February 5, 1931 Amusing comedy about a lowly shoemaker apprentice hitting the Big Apple. // Vitaphone #1163

Making Mounties (Associated Screen News Canada- Gordon Spalling; narrator: Lamont Tilden) Technicolor-10m-(Canadian Cameo)-July 14, 1951 (US distribution only) // Vitaphone #2105A

The Making Of A Great Motion Picture (---) bw-7m-(promotional)-April 1936 Shows ANTHONY ADVERSE in the making

Mal Hallett And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-September 11, 1937 With Teddy Grace, Jerry Perkins, Buddy, Claire & Wallac Green // Vitaphone #30B

Mal Hallett And His Way Down East Band #729 (Mal Hallet And Orchestra) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety)-March 3, 1929 (Film Daily review) This features starts with "Doin' the Raccoon" among seven medleys // Vitaphone #729

Mal Hallett And His Way Down East Band #730 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-July 28, 1929 (Film Daily review) Features some familiar wartime tunes as well as some Sousa // Vitaphone #730

Malayan Jungles (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman & Ira Genet; narrator: Howard Claney) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-February 5, 1938 (© December 26, 1937) Includes color shots of wildlife (including the mouse deer) and native sports // Vitaphone #71B

The Man About Town (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Frank X. Silk)-© July 22, 1929 (filmed May) Fred Sumner plays the butler MC for this "Sir Arthur Hemmingway" singer. // Vitaphone #819

The Man From New Orleans (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Luis Osorno Barona; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-19m-(Technicolor Special)-September 4, 1948 (Completed August '47) Profiles William Spratling, who revived Tulane architecture in the Mexican town of Taxco. (Reissued March '61) // Vitaphone #1631A

The Man Killers (Man-Killers) (Howard Hill; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity)-May 29, 1943 (filmed '42) Footage of sharks, alligators and other Key Largo, Florida wildlife. (Reissued 5-17-52) // Vitaphone #1097A

Man Of A Thousand Hits (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Harry Von Tilzer)-© March 18, 1935 (filmed August '34) Including "Wait 'Till the Sun Shines Nellie" and "Bird in the Guilded Cage" // Vitaphone #1768

A Man Of Peace (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Hobart Bosworth)-© April 21, 1928 (filmed December '27) A feud is broken in this mini-mountain drama. Co-starring Charles Middleton and Ann McCay. // Vitaphone #2233

The Man Who Laughed Last (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw-2 reels-(Vitaphone Variety: Sessue Hayakawa)-© September 7, 1929 (filmed March) San Francisco set drama with music. Marks the talkie debut of this famous star formally famous in popular silents. // Vitaphone #761-762

Man Without A Country (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Crane Wilbur; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-21m-(Technicolor "Broadway Brevity" Special)-November 27, 1937 (*Academy Award Nominee*) San Quentin *DVD* Part of the Technicolor "historicals" although mostly based on the famous fictional story. After damning his country, Philip Nolan spends three decades adrift at sea with no country, despite the best efforts by his wife to get a government pardon. John Litel, Ted Osborne and Gloria Holden star. Holmes Herbert (seen in a 1917 version of this) plays Aaron Burr. (Reissued 10-25-52) // Vitaphone #8369-8370

Many Happy Returns (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-18m-(Vitaphone Variety)-August 31 1930 (Film Daily review) Featuring Walter Connolly, Madge Evans, John Breedon & Ferdinand Gottschalk. Struggles with a wife too occuped in murder trials. // Vitaphone #1055-1056

March On America! (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Richard Whorf) Technicolor-21m-(Technicolor Special)-May 16, 1942 In This Our Life *DVD* The story of America from the pilgrims in 1620 to the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Some footage lifted from the 1930s "historicals". // Vitaphone #950-951A

March On, Marines (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; B. Reeves Eason; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-21m-(Technicolor Special: Dennis Morgan, John Litel & David Bruce)-December 14, 1940 / Saluting marines in training. One of many Technicolor military readiness 2-reelers cranked out a year before Pearl Harbor. // Vitaphone #9954-9955

Marching Home With Douglas Stanbury And His Veterans (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth; camera: Edward DuParr) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-August 18, 1929 (Film Daily review) Musical set in the world war trenches (including "I'm Marching Home to You") with some then impressive silhouette effects. // Vitaphone #861

Margaret McKee, Famous Whistler (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© April 2, 1927 (filmed February) // Vitaphone #423

Marie Green And Her Merry Men (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-April 26, 1941 (filmed December '40) A bit more "plot" here in this big band reel with the gang modernizing an old hotel into a nightclub. // Vitaphone #163A

Marie Vero (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-September 1929 With pianist Helen Whitaker featuring "Charmant Oiseu" from LA PERLE DU BRESIL. // Vitaphone #911

Mariners Ahoy! (Cedric Francis, producer; Ray Jewell & Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-17m-(Technicolor Special)-September 6, 1954 Girl Scout mariners learn how to sail the Yankee, a 96-foot brigantine, under the guidance of Commander Irving M. Johnson. // Vitaphone #2426A

Marion Talley (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m18s-(Vitaphone Variety)-August 6, 1926 (filmed July '26) Don Juan *DVD* Performing Verdi's "Rigoletto" // Vitaphone #308

Marion Talley And Beniamino Gigli (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© June 29, 1927 (filmed April) From "Lucia di Lammermoor" (Donizetti): duet of "Verranno a te Sull'aua" // Vitaphone #499

Married (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© June 8, 1930 (filmed April) Starring Helen Flint, Stanley Ridges & William Foran. Amnesia is a problem with a couple who wind up together in the same hotel room. Are they married? It doesn't help that the justice of the piece is also an absentee-mind. // Vitaphone #1001

Masks And Memories (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-32m10s-(Broadway Brevity: Lillian Roth, Queenie Smith, George Huston & Weldon Heyburn)-May 12, 1934 (filmed January) / Not much plot, just major musical performances of songs like "The Day That I Bust Through", " I Can Do Most Anything" and "Steamboat's Comin' Around the Bend". // Vitaphone #1671-1672

Masquerade (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Casey Robinson) bw-20m-(Vitaphone Variety: Vivienne Osborne, Roy D'Arcy & Wilfred Lytell)-© February 16, 1931 (filmed November '30) A poor girl joins a high society Mardi Gras and wins the man she loves despite boos from the others. // Vitaphone #1167-1168

Master Gilbert, Sensational Child Artist (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© January 21, 1928 (filmed November '27) // Vitaphone #2260

The Master Sweeper (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Chester Conklin)-© March 19, 1930 (filmed January) Hit by a motorist, Chester recovers and becomes a celebrity. // Vitaphone #969

The Master's Touch (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Horace Shepherd; narrator: Dwight Weist) Technicolor-10m-(The Immortal Brush)-February 18, 1939 Part of a U.K. series on British artists initially released in the U.K. on March 19, 1938 // Vitaphone #234B

The Matinee Idle (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: Henry Hull & James Dale)-September 14, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed May) Conflict between a playwrite and a conceited actor. // Vitaphone #1021

A Matter Of Ethics (Howard Bretherton) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Edward Earle, Vivien Oakland & Geneva Mitchell)-© February 17, 1930 (filmed December '29) A doctor must save his wife's lover. // Vitaphone #3759

Matty Malneck And His Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; George Amy) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-April 5, 1940 (preview, wide release September 14) Hits include "Hawaii" and "Park Avenue Fantasy" (Reissued 6-24-50) // Vitaphone #9858

Max Schmeling, Heavyweight Champion Of Germany (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 10, 1929 (filmed February) Gymnasium stunts // Vitaphone #745

Maybe Darwin Was Right (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; B. Reeves Eason; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom])-March 21, 1942 The boxer comedian recreates his life story // Vitaphone #663-664A

Maybe I'm Wrong (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-12m-(Big V Comedy/Big Star Comedy w / Richy Craig, Frank Allenworth & others)-March 27, 1932 (Film Daily review) Richy visits a goofy town with hotel numbers the same and detectives dressed as cops // Vitaphone #1370-1371

The Meal Ticket (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Al Ray) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Jack Pearl, Peggy Shannon & Claire Trevor)-June 7, 1931 (Film Daily review) An ex-waiter starts a new job at a bank and has trouble with both wife and stenographer. (Motion Picture Herald lists this as just a "two reel comedy") // Vitaphone #1230-1231

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Mechanix Illustrated No. 1 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: co-d: Ira Genet; narrator: Dwight Weist) Cinecolor-10m-(Color Parade)-November 5, 1938 (Completed July) Warner's answer to the "Popular Science" series Jerry Fairbanks produced for Paramount. Subjects include making paint, food preparation on the train and liquid air preservation. // Vitaphone #178B

Mechanix Illustrated No. 2 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: co-d: Ira Genet; narrator: Jean Paul King) Technicolor-10m-(Color Parade)-January 7, 1939 (© December 12, 1938) Subjects include weather forcasting, synthesizing vitamins, television and fire alarms. // Vitaphone #180B

Mechanix Illustrated No. 3 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: co-d: Ira Genet; narrator: Dwight Weist) Cinecolor-10m-(Color Parade)-February 25, 1939 (filmed December '38) Subjects include the manufacturing of natural gas, doll making, face powder and airplane assembly. // Vitaphone #182B

Mechanix Illustrated No. 4 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: co-d: Ira Genet; narrator: Dwight Weist) Technicolor-10m-(Color Parade)-April 22, 1939 Subjects include bulletmaking, skeet shooting, gold beating and artificial flowers. // Vitaphone #184B

Mechanix Illustrated No. 5 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: co-d: Ira Genet; narrator: Dwight Weist) Cinecolor-9m-(Color Parade)-June 10, 1939 Subjects include the making of candy, lead pencils and the New York police crime lab. // Vitaphone #186B

Mechanix Illustrated No. 6 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: co-d: Ira Genet; narrator: Dwight Weist) Cinecolor-10m-(Color Parade)-August 5, 1939 Subjects include precision flying, lie detectors and color photography. // Vitaphone #188B

Mechanix Illustrated No. 7 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: co-d: Ira Genet; narrator: Dwight Weist) Cinecolor-10m-(Color Parade)-© August 5, 1939 Subjects include jewelry polishing, chinaware manufacturing, polarized light and making large billboards. // Vitaphone #190B

Mechanix Illustrated No. 8 (Series 2-1) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: narrator: Dwight Weist) Cinecolor-10m-(Color Parade)-September 30, 1939 Subjects include gemstones, Polaroid glass and advertising signs. // Vitaphone #264B

Mechanix Illustrated No. 9 (Series 2-2) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: narrator: Dwight Weist) Cinecolor-10m-(Color Parade)-December 2, 1939 Subjects include the making of ice cream sticks, dragline mining in Alaska, New York fireboats and the manufacture of artist's paints. // Vitaphone #265B

Mechanix Illustrated No. 10 (Series 2-3) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Dwight Weist) Cinecolor-10m-(Color Parade)-February 7, 1940 Subjects include Alaskan salmon run, the manufacture of liquid silk and the creation of electric signs. // Vitaphone #269B

Mechanix Illustrated No. 11 (Series 2-4) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Dwight Weist) Cinecolor-10m-(Color Parade)-© June 29, 1940 (Completed April) Subjects include an aviation, streamlining in design, product testing and fire extinguishing. // Vitaphone #270B

Mechanized Patrolling (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; B. Reeves Eason; music: William Lava) bw-31m-(War Activities Committee Special)-August 1, 1943

Mechant Mais Gentil (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Georges Carpentier)-December 1929 French version of NAUGHTY BUT NICE (qv) // Vitaphone #3757

Mediterranean Byways (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Newman Traveltalk)-June 1931 Film Daily review 12-6-31. Starts with Morocco on through Sardinia and Malta. Includes Mt. Vesuvias and the Italian coast . // Vitaphone #1242

Medium Well Done (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Theodore Hardeen)-© April 21, 1936 Harry Houdini's brother exposes fake mediums. // Vitaphone #1958

Meet The Fleet (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; B. Reeves Eason; story: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special: Robert Armstrong, William Orr & Herbert Anderson)-December 21, 1940 (filmed October) All This And Heaven Too *DVD* Three cadets go through Navy boot camp. // Vitaphone #27-28A

Meet The Kernel (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Dave Apollon & His Band)-May 13, 1936 (Film Daily review) Odd assortment: "She'll Be Comin' Around the Mountain", "Poet and Peasant Overture", "Lulu's Back in Town" and "Song of the Island" // Vitaphone #1947

Meine Frau (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Ann Codee & Frank Orth)-August 1929 German set sketch with Walter Dreher as a gun-toting chum of Frank meeting his newlywed. // Vitaphone #887

Mel Klee, The Prince Of Wails (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© August 30, 1929 (filmed June) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Blackface parody of Al Jolson // Vitaphone #826

Melodious Moments (---) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: The Croonaders)-© October 18, 1928 / Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / Singing and uklele. // Vitaphone #2736

The Melody Girl (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jane Green & Ron Wilson)-July 1928 Includes “Ten Little Miles from Town” // Vitaphone #2750

Melody Lane (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Dennis Sisters)-July 1928 Featuring Ann Dennis. Includes “Love Me All the Time” // Vitaphone #2692

Melody Of Youth (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Le Roy Prinz) bw-9m-(Melody Master: California Junior Symphony)-December 14, 1946 Peter Merenblum conducts. // Vitaphone #1482A

Men Among Men (Bryan Foy) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Fred Ardath)-© January 21, 1928 (filmed November '27) Well reviewed by Film Daily when widely released late in the year (12-23). Fred is the drunk husband with a wild alibi for his wife (Grace Osborne). // Vitaphone #2255

Men Of The Sky (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; B. Reeves Eason; co-narr: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson & William Lava) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special: Eleanor Parker, Tod Andrews, Don DeFore, Ray Montgomery)-July 25, 1942 Across The Pacific (Classic Legends Humphrey Bogart) *DVD* Drama about the Army Air Force in training. Nice Technicolor aerials. // Vitaphone #1017-1018A

Men Of Tomorrow (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Saul Elkins; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-August 24, 1946 (© December 31, 1945) Covers Boy Scouts and Air scouts. // Vitaphone #1468A

Men Wanted (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: co-d: Ira Genet; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: John Deering) Cinecolor-9m-(Color Parade)-March 23, 1940 (filmed '39) More about Alaska. // Vitaphone #267B

The Merl Twins, Syncopating Songsters (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 8, 1927 (filmed June) Featuring Belle and Cecille. // Vitaphone #612

Merle Kendrick And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-November 12, 1938 (filmed August) Features Miriam Grahame, Marion Wilkins and Jack Walters // Vitaphone #169B

Merry Christmas (Pap's Slay Ride) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Hugh Cameron & Spring Byington)-© March 16, 1931 (filmed November '30) // Vitaphone #1149

Metropolis In Miniature: Hershey, Pennsylvania (J & F Productions) color-9m-(Worldwide Adventure)-1964 (released by Warner September '65) // Vitaphone #3228A

Mexican Jumping Beans (Eddie Davis; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) bw-10m-(Hollywood Novelty)-© December 7, 1940 (Filmed March) Following a circus troupe // Vitaphone #9717

Mexican Sea Sports (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Luis Osorno Barona; music: Rex Dunn) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-May 26, 1945 (filmed '44) Scenic Acapulco // Vitaphone #1325A

Mexican Sportland (Luis Osorno Barona; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-May 13, 1944 Travelogue tour // Vitaphone #1236A

Mexican Tipica Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© February 15, 1929 The "official" band of the country. Includes "Mexican Rhapsody", "La Paloma" and "Jarabe Tapatio". Film Daily rated this one “flat”. // Vitaphone #707

Michigan Ski-Daddle (A. Pam Blumenthal & Van Campen Heilner, producers; André De La Varre; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-February 9, 1946 (filmed '45) Profiles water skiing on Lake Macatawa. // Vitaphone #1426A

The Midnight Lodge (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Fluornoy Miller & Aubrey Lyles)-© January 15, 1930 (filmed October '29) Blackface comedy act. // Vitaphone #923

Mike And Meyer (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Joe Weber & Lew Fields)-© July 18, 1927 (filmed May) Set in a Paris cafe. // Vitaphone #570

Mike Reilly And Band (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-May 14, 1938 (filmed March) With Marion Mikler. // Vitaphone #110B

The Mild West (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-21m-(Broadway Brevity: Janet Reade, Olive Borden, Paul Keast)-November 18, 1933 (filmed August) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Delightful western spoof with two tough chicks battling over a card shark. Later, they age but get facelifts and crash Broadway society. Odd, but lots of fun. // Vitaphone #1582-1583

The Military Post (---) Technicolor (2-color)-6m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety: Roberto Guzman)-October 1929 The first of many Technicolor shorts, although most in the two-color system (pre-1934) have not aged as gracefully as MGM's color films of the same period. Most surviving prints (if they exist) tend to be in black and white. This one is a classical piece featuring a Mexican tenor as a soldier (reviewed by Film Daily 5-4-30). The later color shorts were musicals based on a theme (like a child's storybook come to life or an "Indian" Native American village or some foreign locale with the appropriate music to match). A very young Judy Garland with her fellow Gum Sisters appeared in three. // Vitaphone #3278

Milky Way (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Neely Edwards)-May 1931 Musical numbers brought up in Nealy's milk diet-induced dreams. Features Six Ambassadors, Bob Ripa and the Muriel Abbott Dancers. // Vitaphone #1232

Miller And Farrell, Society's Favorite Entertainers (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-June 1927 Featuring mandolin and piano with James Millr and Charles Farell. // Vitaphone #623

Mills Blue Rhythm Band (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-11m-(Melody Master: Sally Gooding, Fredi Washington & others)-© February 6, 1934 (filmed August '33) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Glossy all-black jazz fest with a nightclub setting. // Vitaphone #1586

Milt Britton And His World Famous Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-October 2, 1937 Set in an exotic Egypt setting with some extra comedy routines breaking up the music. (With Walter Powell, Tito, Joe Britton & the Three Leslies) // Vitaphone #35B

Milton C. Work The International Bridge Authority (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-April 6, 1930 (Film Daily; filmed February) Work demonstrates bridge card games. // Vitaphone #979

Minstrel Days (---) Technicolor (2-color)-9m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety: The Plantation Four & Jess Brooke)-© January 13, 1930 (filmed October '29) Updated minstrel show in color. // Vitaphone #3375

Minstrel Days (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Bobby Connolly; story: Owen Crump) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity)-September 6, 1941 / BoxOffice magazine listed this as their "short of the week" back in 1941 although some modern viewers may have other opinions. A great history lesson features footage of Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor culled from old films (sometimes blackface) interspersed with a restaged minstrel show with Bud Jamison and others. (Reissued 9-26-53) // Vitaphone #523-524A

A Minute From Death (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-9m-(Your True Adventure)-March 4, 1939 Investigating an apartment burglary. Jack Sheehan stars. // Vitaphone #153B

Miracle In The Caribbean (Hamilton Wright; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor-17m-(Warnercolor Special)-August 25, 1956 (filmed '55) Tour of Puerto Rico. // Vitaphone #2650A

Miracle Makers (Owen Crump; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) bw-9m-(Hollywood Novelty)-September 20, 1941 (preview) Docu-reel on "sources of power" like water // Vitaphone #439A

Miracle Of Promise (---) bw- (Warner Pathé News Special)-October 1954 US Air Force instructional // Vitaphone #2427A

Miracles Of The Jungle (Selig Polyscope: E. A. Morton & James Conway) bw/silent-2 reels-(serial w/ Ben Hagerty, Wilbur Higby, Al Ferguson, Frederick Peters, John George, Genevieve Bert, Irene Wallace & others)-May 24, 1921 (first episodes released) Another critter-infested silent serial actually produced and directed by the brothers Warner. The episodes: #1 The City Of Lions; #2 The Passage Of Death (copyright May 24); #3 The Jungle Attack; #4 The Leopard's Revenge; #5 The Storm Of The Desert (copyright May 27); #6 To The Rescue; #7 The Leopard's Lair; #8 Doomed To Death (June 2); #9 In The Hands Of Apes (June 6); #10 Midst Raging Tigers (June 14); #11 Twelve Against One (June 20); #12 Cheating Death (July 5); #13 The Heart Of An Elephant (July 25); #14 The Lion's Leap (copright July 21); #15 All's well That Ends Well (August 2)

Mirrors (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-12m-(Melody Master: Freddie Rich's Orchestra)-© September 8, 1934 (filmed February) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Nice optical effects achieved here. // Vitaphone #1689

Mirth And Melody (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Dorothy & Rosetta Ryan)-© March 7, 1929 (filmed January) With guitar on "I Love You Sweetheart" and others. // Vitaphone #726

Mischa Elman (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety)-August 6, 1926 (filmed June '26) Don Juan *DVD* Vitaphone #275: The concert violinist performs "Humoresque" and "Gavotte". A second film was made previously and might not have been shown. // Vitaphone #274

The Misery Merchants (Cedric Francis; story: William K. Wells) bw-29m-(Made for the Arthritis & Rheumatism Foundation)-December 1961 // Vitaphone #3057A

Miss Ann Grey And Her Boy Friends (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© August 27, 1928 (filmed May) // Vitaphone #2600

Miss Information (Bryan Foy & F. Hugh Herbert) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Lois Wilson, Edward Everett Horton, Allan Sears & others)-April 10, 1928 (filmed January) Romantic comedy set on a train. // Vitaphone #2237

Miss Marcelle Singing Southern Syncopated Songs (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 20, 1929 (filmed January) Blackface blues // Vitaphone #716

Mississippi Suite, A Tone Journey (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-October 1932 Travelogue footage; music scored by Ferde Grofe. // Vitaphone #1497

The Mississippi Traveler (Carl Dudley: Richard Goldstone; music: Howard Jackson) Warnercolor-17m-(Warnercolor Special)-March 5, 1955 (Compiled '54) Travelogue of the river. // Vitaphone #2474A

Mister Intruder (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety)-November 9, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed July) With Otto Kruger, Alan Brooks & Veree Teasdale: A tabload writer finds the biggest scandal in his own home with wife and lover. // Vitaphone #1074

Mme Rosa Raisa "Goodbye Forever" & "Eli Eli” (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety:)-© May 19, 1928 (filmed February) Subtitled “Soprano Of The Chicago Opera Company” // Vitaphone #2545

Mme Rosa Raisa "Plaisir d'Amour" & "La Paloma” (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety:)-© May 19, 1928 (filmed February) // Vitaphone #2546

Modern Business (---) Technicolor (2-color)-9m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety)-© September 6, 1930 (filmed January '30) Musical numbers in a department store with a salesman showing modern tricks. // Vitaphone #3831

A Modern Cinderella (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-17m-(Broadway Brevity: Ruth Etting)-November 5, 1932 (filmed August) Love Me Or Leave Me (Greatest Classic Legends Doris Day) *DVD*: "Anita" gets to join a ball under unexpected circumstances like modeling another lady's dress and being invited by a partying drunk. Brian Donlevy, Adrian Rosley and Barbara Child support. // Vitaphone #1460-1461

Modern Fairy Tales (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Harold Beaudine) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Lillian Bond & others)-February 22, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed September 1930) Comedy spoofing stereotypes... like a Scot who throws a lavish party. // Vitaphone #1071

Modern Methods (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: co-d: Ira Genet) Technicolor-9m-(Color Parade)-July 15, 1939 Odds and ends like tide measurements, remote control of household tasks and hat and mask making. // Vitaphone #189B

A Modern Priscilla (Murray Roth) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety: Bobby Folsom)-March 10, 1929 (Film Daily review; filmed December '28) The singer "Miss" Bobby changes costumes in performance // Vitaphone #2839

Modern Song And Syncopation (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Four Aristocrats)-© April 2, 1927 (filmed September '26) Featuring Eddie Lewis, Fred Weber, Bert Bennet & Tom Miller // Vitaphone #366

Molly Picon, The Celebrated Character Comedienne (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© December 21, 1929 (filmed October) Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / A stage actress relates her struggles in the ol' tenement buildings. // Vitaphone #917

Moments In Mimicry (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Roger Williams)-© October 14, 1929 (filmed August) Musical sound effects... including motorboats! // Vitaphone #882

Money, Money, Money (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Edmund Joseph) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Homer Mason & Marguerite Keeler)-© March 15, 1930 (filmed January) This happy couple can't get rid of it despite giving generously and gambling up a storm. // Vitaphone #961

The Monroe Doctrine (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Crane Wilbur; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-16m-(Technicolor Special: Grant Mitchell)-October 21, 1939 Invisible Stripes *DVD* Another prestigious Technicolor "historical". The story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America. With Charles Waldron, Sidney Blackmer, Nanette Fabray, George Reeves & James Stephenson. (Reissued 3-6-54) // Vitaphone #9436-9437

Monsters Of The Deep (Bob Edge; music: Rex Dunn; narrator: Knox Manning) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity)-© December 27, 1941 Fishing reel set in Chile. (Reissued 9-27-52) // Vitaphone #597A

A Moonlight Romance (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Douglas Stanbury & Maria Gambarelli)-© April 18, 1927 A baritone and ballerina perform in a garden setting // Vitaphone #484

More Sinned Against Than Usual (Howard Bretherton) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Charles Middleton, Theodore Lorch and William Janney)-© January 30, 1930 (filmed December '29) Burlesque on meller-dramas. // Vitaphone #3681

Morgenthau Trailer (Henry Morgenthau Jr.) bw-2m-(War Activities Committee Special)-April 21, 1942

The Mormon Trail (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: John B. Kennedy) bw-9m-(See America First)-© July 6, 1935 (Completed '34) Lots of western footage (Utah obviously) in this travelogue history lesson. // Vitaphone #1745

The Morning, Noon And Night Overture (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Herman Heller & Vitaphone Orchestra)-© April 9, 1927 (filmed February) // Vitaphone #450

Moroccan Rivieras (Hamilton Wright: Richard Wright) color-9m-(World Wide Adventure)-February 1963 (filmed '62) // Vitaphone #3114A

Morocco Nights (Eddie Cline) Technicolor (2-color)-18m-(Technicolor Special)-© January 6, 1934 (filmed November '33) With Fuzzy Knight, Shirley Ross, Teddy Wolf Orchestra & others // Vitaphone #1607-1608

The Morrisey And Miller Vitaphone Revue (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Will Morrisey & Midgie Miller)-© April 18, 1927 Ambitious production with Dave Ferguson, John Agee's dancing bull and "black bottom" horse along with the Vitaphone Chorus and Gene Salzer's Orchestra. // Vitaphone #485

Morrissey & Miller Night Club Revue (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Will Morrisey & Midgie Miller)-© May 19, 1928 (filmed March) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Nightclub monologues. Features Harry Downing, Charlotte DeLovelace, Vina & Arthur and Sammy Cantor // Vitaphone #2293

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Motion (Man In Motion / La Mouvement) (Crawley Films; Frank R. Crawley, producer; Vincent Vaitiekunas) color- (Special)-February 1, 1969 (US release only) / First shown at Expo '67 // Vitaphone #3424A

Motoring (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Harry Tate)-© July 22, 1929 (filmed March) Set on a country road. // Vitaphone #754-755

Mountain Fighters (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; B. Reeves Eason; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Lou Marcelle) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-August 7, 1943 / A color visit to Camp Hale, Colorado's US Army training center. // Vitaphone #1137A

The Movie Album #1 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Herman Ruby; edited by Bert Frank) bw-10m-(Pepper Pot)-March 5, 1932 Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Silent film excerpts, with humorous commentary. Features Biograph 1913 material with Lionel Barrymore Blanche Sweet and Lillian Gish / Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew in 1915 (Vitagraph) / clips from Vitagraph feature MY OFFICIAL WIFE (1914) with Clara Kimball Young / early Norma Shearer (circa 1922) / More vintage Vitagraph: John Bunny & Helene Costello (1911) and Maurice Costello & Florence Turner / CARMEN (Lasky 1915) / Charlie Chaplin in drag (A WOMAN 1915 Essanay) / Antonio Morenao & Edith Storey in THE TARANTULA (1916)? // Vitaphone #1326

Movie Album #2 (Movie Album Featurettes) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: edited by Bert Frank) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-June 4, 1932 Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Silent film excerpts: Three Vitagraph and one Biograph scenes: Maurice Costello and daughters around 1911-12 / John Bunny & Helene Costello in HER CROWNING GLORY (1911) / Biograph film 1912 with Blanche Sweet & Walter Miller / James Young in THE PORTRAIT (1914) // Vitaphone #1388

Movie Album #3 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: edited by Bert Frank) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-May 1932 Includes early shots of Marie Dressler // Vitaphone #1392

The Movie Chatterbox (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Polly Moran)-© April 10, 1928 (filmed February) Comic monologue. The star was loaned out from MGM. // Vitaphone #2297

The Movie Man (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Charles Rogers)-© June 2, 1928 (filmed March) A movie extra flops at his attampt at the big time. (With Violet Palmer, Walter Rodgers & Louise Carver) // Vitaphone #2550

Movie Mania (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-21m-(Broadway Brevity: Dave Apollon)-May 8, 1937 Apollon is a very fussy studio mogul hen-pecking all of the musical numbers in production (with Yvonne Moray and the Savoy Dancers incuded). // Vitaphone #2084-2085

Movie Memories (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Jack Henley & Glen Lambert) bw-8m11s-(Pepper Pot)-December 30, 1933 (Completed December '32) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Clips of Mayor Van Wyck opening NYC subway 1910 / July 4th 1910 Jeffries-Johnson fight in Reno / Flora Finch and Kate Brice in THE OLD FIRE HORSE AND THE NEW FIRE CHIEF (1914) // Vitaphone #1517

Movie Memories #2 (Ralph Staub) bw-8m8s-(Pepper Pot)-August 23, 1934 (Film Daily review) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Clips of the following stars: Mabel Normand / Larry Semon / Willard Louis / Rudolph Schildkraut / Barbara La Marr / Rudolph Valentino / Dustin Farnum / William Russell / Roy Stewart / Arlette Marchal / Fred Thomson / Art Acord / George Beban / Louis Wolheim / George Siegmann / Jack Pickford / Milton Sills / Lon Chaney / Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle / Renee Adoree / Lilyan Tashman / Lew Cody / Alec B. Francis / Marie Dressler // Vitaphone #6493

Movieland Magic (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; James Kern & Jack Scholl) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special: Mel Torme)-March 9, 1946 (filmed '45) A tour guide through a movie studio with plenty of recycled Technicolor footage (i.e. the earlier Hollywood Wonderland). (Reissued 10-8-55) // Vitaphone #1432A

Moving Day (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Frank Hunter, Mae Percival & Charles Wesson)-© November 7, 1929 (filmed July) The furniture gets loaded and unloaded as a lady keeps negotiating moving costs. // Vitaphone #850

Moving In (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Al Ray) bw-16m-(Vitaphone Variety: Joe Penner)-June 7, 1931 (Film Daily; filmed April) Joe is hardly the most experienced mover of furniture and glassware. // Vitaphone #1221-1222

Moving Melodies (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-18m-(Pepper Pot: J. Fred Coots)-June 8, 1935 (filmed November '34) The songwriter and his songs with moving vignettes with Lillian Shade and Charles Coles supporting. Hits include "Doin' the Raccoon" and "This Time It's Love". // Vitaphone #1814

Mr. And Mrs. Jesse Crawford (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-October 15, 1934 (Film Daily review; filmed March) The organists perform with Margaret O'Donnell and John Creighton. // Vitaphone #1697

Mr. And Mrs. Jesse Crawford (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty)-April 11, 1938 The organists are accompanied by Lynn Martin, Sam Moseby and the Foremen Quartet // Vitaphone #97B

Mr. And Mrs. Melody (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Ilomay Bailey & Lee Sims)-© March 12, 1935 (filmed November '34) A young singer eventually becomes producer of the show she joins. (With Jerry Lester, June Martel & Rita Johnson) // Vitaphone #1812-1813

Municipal Band Wagon (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Bernice Claire)-© September 29, 1932 (filmed July '32) The mayor wants to cut costs by eliminating the town's band but Bernice and others aid the commissioner's request for music. Also featuring Jimmy Caruso Band, Cy Laundry and Walter Wilson. October 1 wide-release. // Vitaphone #1454

Murder In The Pullman (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-22m-(S.S. Van Dine w/ Donald Meek & John Hamilton)-May 22, 1932 (Film Daily review) Good train mystery with Edward Arnold, Wanda Lyon, Ray Collins and Leo Donnelly in the cast. // Vitaphone #1375-1376

Murder In Your Eyes (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Ann English, Inez Courtney, Lilyan Gordon & others)-© June 27, 1934 (filmed January) Musical set in a female detective school. // Vitaphone #1676-1677

Murder With Reservations (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: George Campo & Nola Day)-September 24, 1938 (filmed July) The police investigate a gambler's murder... if real. (With Florence & Alvarez and Garner, Wolfe & Hakins in support) // Vitaphone #131-132B

Mushrooms (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ralph Staub) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Harry Gribbon, co-starring Lionel Stander, Cora Witherspoon, Shemp Howard & Russell Hicks)-© February 14, 1934 (filmed October '33) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* A visiting family chows on mushrooms and when the dog mysteriously croaks, they question if brother-in-law host Harry poisoned them. // Vitaphone #1633-1634

Music Hath Charms (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-19m-(Vitaphone Variety: Frank Orth & Ann Codee)-© October 14, 1929 (filmed August) A flirty violin lesson. (With Florence Vernon) // Vitaphone #885

The Music Makers (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: Willie & Eugene Howard)-April 7, 1929 (filmed January) Willie mimics popular singers like Jolson and Canter to please customers of a music shop in which he literally "broke records". // Vitaphone #722-723

Music Of The Americas (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl) bw-10m-(Melody Master)- December 15, 1945 (filmed August) Features Lyda Vendrell, Teddy Rodriguez & Phyllis. // Vitaphone #1400A

The Music Racket (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitapone Variety: Lee Morse)-© June 30, 1930 (filmed April) The “Southern Aristocrat of Song” does some bluesy numbers “In the Middle of the Night” and “Those Blues”. Also with Leo Donnelly & June Clayworth // Vitaphone #1004

The Music Shop (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Dick Henderson)-© December 31, 1929 A songwriter plays "Good Night God Bless You" and "Da-Da Da-da" // Vitaphone #3413

Music To My Ears (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Jack Denny & Orchestra)-September 17, 1932 (filmed July) With Dorothy Brent, George Tapps, Jean & Lynton. // Vitaphone #1443

Music With A Smile In The Happy Felton Style (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Three Reasons, Bob Robinson & Virginia Martin)-December 3, 1938 (filmed June) Hits in this nightclub setting include "Jezebel" and "When You're Smiling" // Vitaphone #133B

A Musical Journey To South America (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Ciro Rimac Orchestra)-May 8, 1937 Features tunes like “Palomita Vidalita” and “El Gato” // Vitaphone #2096

A Musical Melange (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Kjerulf's Mayfair Quintette)-© March 12, 1929 (filmed November '28) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 & Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / Features Barbara Kjerulf, Myra Dennis, Gladys Hubmer and Ida Schultz with harps and violin involved. // Vitaphone #2650

Musical Memories (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-© June 29, 1946 (Completed '45) Footage lifted from films like 42nd Street. // Vitaphone #1445A

Musical Memories (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl) bw-9m-(Hit Parade Of The Gay Nineties)-June 30, 1951 (filmed '50) Montage of Broadway and vaudeville clips and recreated scenes spanning half a century. // Vitaphone #2046A

Musical Mexico (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl; music: Howard Jackson) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Pedro Vargas)-March 24, 1945 (filmed '44) Part music part travelogue // Vitaphone #1345A

Musical Moments (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Four Synco-Pets)-© March 19, 1929 R.N. Thompson credited here. Features "Indian Dawn" // Vitaphone #731

Musical Moods (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Horace Heidt & His Californians)-December 6, 1931 (Film Daily review) Many hits from three decades before like "Stars and Stripes Forever" // Vitaphone #1308

Musical Movieland (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Le Roy Prinz) Technicolor-20m20s-(Technicolor Special)-September 9, 1944 Night And Day *DVD* A Hollywood tour of musicals in production. Stock clips: Romance Road, What, No Men!, Springtime in Holland, Swingtime in the Movies & The Royal Rodeo. // Vitaphone #1268A

The Musical Mystery (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Janet Reade, Al Shayne & Albertina Rasch Girls)-November 1, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed August) Characters in library books come to life and perform a show. // Vitaphone #1274-1275

Musical Novelties (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-October 6, 1945 (Completed April) Culls footage from VITAPHONE GAMBOLS, VITAPHONE HIGHLIGHTS and other '30s reels. // Vitaphone #1354A

A Musical Operation (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty)-May 24, 1937 Vaudeville revue including ventriloquist act: the Norsemen / Frank Gaby / Virginia Verrill / Gloria Gilbert // Vitaphone #2089-2090

Musical Shipmates (Roland Reed: William Clemens) bw-16m-(Special)-February 16, 1946 (filmed November '45) A filmed radio show Meet Your Navy. // Vitaphone #1467A

The Musicale (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Al Trahan)-© January 15, 1930 (filmed November '29) Vitaphone Varieties Vol 3 *DVD* / One customer to a musicale gets too bored and goes for his gun! Yukona Cameron and Helen Hawley also star. // Vitaphone #936

My Bag O' Trix (---) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Trixie Friganza)-© January 14, 1929 (filmed November '28) The Jazz Singer *DVD* Just a comic singer in front of the camera... quite a performer, who later appeared in features like MGM's Free and Easy. // Vitaphone #2791

My Country 'Tis Of Thee (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Owen Crump; music: William Lava; narrator: Marvin Miller) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-December 26-30, 1950 (Completed June '50) (*Academy Award Nominee*) Captain Horatio Hornblower *DVD* Compilation of past "historicals" with newer footage to trace American history up through WW2. // Vitaphone #2032A

My Hero (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Eddie Foy Jr.)-© November 5, 1930 (filmed September) Eddie stops a robbery at a nightclub. // Vitaphone #1116

My Latva (---) bw- (Warner Pathé News Special)-October 1954 // Vitaphone #2433A

My Mistake (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Pat O' Brien & Donald Brian)-August 1930 A killer tries to get an accidental victim, an undertaker, to "pose dead". // Vitaphone #1086

My Mummy's Arms (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ralph Staub) bw-9m-(Big V Comedy: Russell Hicks, Harry Gribbon & Shemp Howard)-© June 28, 1934 (filmed March) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* Comics with an egyptologist. // Vitaphone #1692-1693

My Own United States (DeLeon Anthony; music: William Lava; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-October 16, 1948 (Completed August '47) Followup to 1945's AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL // Vitaphone #1638A

My People (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Willie & Eugene Howard)-© July 22, 1929 (filmed February) The title song refers to those friends of the slums and high class Broadway. // Vitaphone #750-751

My Pop (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Henry Armetta)-July 16, 1938 An adoptee must show the welfare center that he can raise a kid... with or without a wife. (With Harry Burns, Anita Simpson & Claire Carleton) // Vitaphone #117-118B

Mysterious Ceylon (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: William Lava; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-9m-(Technicolor Adventure)-September 25, 1948 (filmed '47) Glossy travelogue // Vitaphone #1688A

Mysterious Ceylon (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Basil Ruysdael) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-November 20, 1937 // Vitaphone #66B

The Mysterious Kiss (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-19m-(Broadway Brevity: Jeanne Aubert)-September 26, 1934 (Film Daily review; filmed March) Lady seeks the man who kissed her at a masquerade party. (With Alfred Hesse, Ray Middleton, Weldon Heyburn & the Sizzlers) // Vitaphone #1694-1695

N.F.I.F. Newsreel 1957 (---) bw-9m-(promotional)-January 1957 (filmed '56) Made for the National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis//

The Naggers (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-June 1, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed April) The first of a series of husband vs. wife banters; this one appropriately occurs in the bedroom. These little comedies proved quite successful in their day. // Vitaphone #1014

The Naggers' Anniversary (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-September 1931 // Vitaphone #1286

The Naggers At Breakfast (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-10m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-September 5, 1930 (filmed June) A more vaudevillian version of the Bickersons and many other arguing spouses of radio and TV; this comedy series was a moderately successful. // Vitaphone #1058

The Naggers At The Dentist (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-9m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-© March 16, 1931 / Judged "fairly funny" by Film Daily… living up to its title. // Vitaphone #1192

The Naggers At The Opera (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-February 7, 1932 (Film Daily review) The bickering couple basically miss it just getting ready dressing and driving to. // Vitaphone #1311

The Naggers At The Races (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-August 9, 1931 (Film Daily review) Arguing about the horses // Vitaphone #1259

The Naggers At The Ringside (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-10m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-May 11, 1931 (Film Daily review) / The bickering couple at the boxing match. // Vitaphone #1214

The Naggers' Day Of Rest (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-7m47s-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-© January 5, 1931 (filmed November '30) Sunday morning with missing newspapers and the usual fussing. // Vitaphone #1139

The Naggers Go Camping (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-8m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-© February 20, 1931 Not a lot of visual comedy. Mostly funny talk as the bickering couple play "scouts" in the wilds. // Vitaphone #1170

The Naggers Go Ritzy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-8m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-May 22, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed February) Her mother moves in with them at their new apartment and throw a fancy dinner they can't afford. (With Robert Hyman & Donna Broome) // Vitaphone #1374

The Naggers Go Rooting (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-8m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)- © January 5, 1931 (filmed December '30) Set at the football stadfum // Vitaphone #1154

The Naggers Go Shopping (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Al Ray) bw-9m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-May 1931 // Vitaphone #1233

The Naggers Go South (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-18m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-December 28, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed October) Husband wants to getaway on a southern vacation but the wife follows him // Vitaphone #1129

The Naggers' Housewarming (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-July 1931 The couple acquire a house that needs much restoration. She decides to sing on the piano at their first party. // Vitaphone #1262

The Naggers In The Subway (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-June 21, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed March) The passengers get a headache // Vitaphone #1202

The Naggers On Four Wheels- No Brakes (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-June 11, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed March) / Mrs. Nagger wrecks the car... and her mother. At least she is quiet for a while at the hospital. (With Barton MacLane, Ed Gragan & Flavia Arcaro) // Vitaphone #1389

The Naggers: Movie Dumb (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-May 1, 1932 (Film Daily review) / The couple visit a movie studio. Mrs. Nagger proves a pest. (With Donna Broome, Frank McNellis, Granville Bates & Irene Alberg) // Vitaphone #1339

The Naggers: Spreading Sunshine (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(The Naggers w/ Jack Norworth & Dorothy Adelphi)-April 3, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed February) Couple joins a rescue mission // Vitaphone #1323

The Name Is Familiar (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Leon Belasco & Band)-© June 6, 1933 (filmed December '32) An international change of scenery here with Vivian Janis, Holland & Knight and Dorothy Dodge // Vitaphone #1516

Nan Halperin, America's Famous Satirist (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© September 7, 1929 (filmed July) Includes Friedlander's "Clothes" and "Playing My Wedding in Ragtime" // Vitaphone #863

Napoleon's Bust (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Don Coleman, Jane Allen & Ted Husing)-June 18, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed February) Witty sketch on the legend. // Vitaphone #1377

Nat Carr, Character Comedian (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© December 8, 1927 // Vitaphone #2309

A Nation Dances (narrator: Erskine Caldwell) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity)-September 26, 1942 Profiles a Russian folk dance festival filmed in Moscow late '41. Not sure which Soviet film this was edited from. // Vitaphone #1066A

A Nation On Skis (Douglas Sinclair; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-July 31, 1948 (Completed September '47) Color views of Norway. // Vitaphone #1650A

Nature- The Artist (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: David Ross) Cinecolor-10m-(Colortour Adventures)-March 20, 1937 (Completed December '36) Color views of flowers of the world. Starts with California deserts and moves internationally with a show at Holland (Michigan) in conclusion. // Vitaphone #2022

Nature's Handiwork (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: David Ross) bw-11m-(Our Own U.S.)-November 29, 1935 (Completed May) Scenic drive through Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Yosemite and other national parks. // Vitaphone #1857

Nature's Mimics (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: narrator: Eddie Acuff) Technicolor-10m-(Color Parade)-December 8-10, 1938 Covers animal mimics; chimpanzees, trained birds, juggling seals and a harmonica playing elephant // Vitaphone #181B

Naughty But Nice (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Georges Carpentier)-© March 30, 1930 (filmed December '29) Includes "I Love to Walk. She Love to Walk" // Vitaphone #3761

The Naughty Twenties (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-9m-(Warner Novelty)-February 10, 1951 (Completed December '50) Classic footage from the early years of Vitaphone (Elsie Janice / Van & Schenck / Willie & Eugene Howard) ae intermixed with vintage newsreels of the decade. // Vitaphone #2010A

Nautical But Nice (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl; music: Howard Jackson) bw-18m-(Special)-December 2, 1944 Stock footage from All Star Vaudeville. // Vitaphone #1290A

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Navy Nurse (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; D. Ross Lederman; music: William Lava) bw-18m-(Special w/ Marjorie Riordan, Warren Douglas, Andrea King & Robert Shayne)-March 3, 1945 (filmed '44) Made in cooperation with the US Navy: a docu-drama showing nurses in training. // Vitaphone #1311A

Nay, Nay Nero (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-May 1930 Parody of ancient Rome with Hugh Cameron, Bobby Watson & Nora Swinburne // Vitaphone #1049

Nearly Married (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Monty Banks)-December 1920

A Neckin' Party (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy)-September 4, 1937 (filmed May) Variety Show *DVD* Last and one of the best Bergen comedies, made just before the radio show occupied his time, has the pair "duding" it on a ranch and Charlie mistaking a "necking party" for something more arrousing than expected. Elmer Mortimer Snerd has a small role here too. Reissued to theaters in March 1956. // Vitaphone #2088

The Neighbor Next Door (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; s: Owen Crump; m: William Lava; narrator: Marvin Miller) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-March 17, 1951 (Completed October '50) Tour of Canada. The film caused some trouble in Newfoundland on account of faulty narration (misplacing location names involving St. John's Harbor and inserting a shot from Nova Scotia), despite being initially approved by Prime Minister St. Laurent. // Vitaphone #2016A

Neighbors (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jack Baxley & Babette Wilson)-© December 8, 1928 (filmed September) // Vitaphone #2768

A Neopolitan Romance (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Pasquale Amato)-© February 4, 1928 (filmed October '27) Lillian Miles at piano // Vitaphone #2254

Nervous Hands (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ralph Staub) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Ben Blue)-© January 29, 1934 (filmed October '33) Battle between neighbors. Donald MacBride co stars. // Vitaphone #1628-1629

Neville Fleeson & Gladys Baxter "Vaudeville Headliners" #434 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety)-February 11, 1927 Reviewed by Film Daily 3-10-29 as “fair”. Musical spoof on W. Somerset Maughan's "Rain" // Vitaphone #434

Neville Fleeson & Gladys Baxter "Vaudeville Headliners" #435 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-February 11, 1927 A piano and singing piece "Song Pictures" // Vitaphone #435

The New Deal (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-18m-(documentary)-August 1933 Musical numbers focused on the National Recovery Act. // Vitaphone #1584-1585

New Horizons (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: co-d: Ira Genet; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: John Deering) Cinecolor-9m-(Color Parade)-January 6, 1940 (filmed '39) Alaskan travelogue // Vitaphone #266B

The New Professor (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Jack Denny & His Orchestra)-© July 21, 1937 (filmed May) The band leader takes over a stuffy college. Supporting cast: Chester Fredericks, LaNelle Avery, Judy Lane and Georg Pembroke. // Vitaphone #6B

The New Racket (John Adolfi) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© June 11, 1930 (filmed January) Gardner James, James Bradbury Jr., Irene Homer & DeWitt Jennings star in this one act performance. Bank robbers let their egos get the best of them. // Vitaphone #3686

Newfoundland's Fighting Fish (Canada film- details not complete) color-16m-(Worldwide Adventure)-March 2, 1968 (US release) // Vitaphone #3343A

Newsboys Nocturne (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity)-July 10, 1937 / A newspaper competes with the radio with dreamed up "inserted" recordings. Odd fantasy. Evelyn Poe, Tommy Rafferty, Billy & Beverly Bemis, Maurice & Cordoba are featured. // Vitaphone #12-13B

Niagara Falls (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bryant Washburn & Helen Jerome Eddy)-© January 30, 1930 Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* A honeymoon keeps getting postponed // Vitaphone #3778

Nice Work (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Milton Cross) Cinecolor-10m-(Colortour Adventures)-January 30, 1937 Includes Norwegian fishing, sugar culture in Hawaii and Native American crafts. // Vitaphone #2024

Nick Lucas And His Troubadors (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-August 15, 1936 With Kay Kernan, Marion Witkins and Jack Walters // Vitaphone #1977

Nickel Low-Down (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Big Time Vaudeville)-May 1, 1937 Acts: Charles Kemper & Stooges / Paul Robinson & the Horton Boys / Dunn Brothers & Dotty / Le Paul // Vitaphone #2095

Nickelette (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-August 24, 1932 (Film Daily review; completed April) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Comic dialogue is added to silent film clips. 1890s NYC Bowery / auto and plane race late 1910s / Rudolph Valentino in THE WONDERFUL CHANCE (Selznick 1920) / vintage Vitagraph 1907 clips. (Wide release September 24th) // Vitaphone #1399

A Night At Coffee Dan's (Bryan Foy) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© August 15, 1927 (filmed June) Also titled TEN MINUTES AT COFFEE DAN'S. Features several familiar and unfamiliar faces like William Demarest, Hutchings & Holloway, Nita Martan and Miss Gogo. // Vitaphone #2102

The Night Club Favorite (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Joe E. Lewis)-© March 9, 1929 (filmed December '28) // Vitaphone #2868

Night Club Revels (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: Walter O'Keefe)-© March 16, 1931 / A nightclub owner pretends business is hopping at his place... and attracts the wrong attention from the police. With the Collette Sisters and the Muriel Abbott Dancers. // Vitaphone #1193

Night Court (Bryan Foy; story: Murray Roth) bw-9m27s-(Vitaphone Variety: William Demarest)-© November 28, 1927 (filmed August) The Jazz Singer *DVD* UCLA's archive has several copies of this dramatic, but musical, one-reeler set in a courtroom. The future star of Preston Sturges comedies is the lawyer defending "black bottom stomp" dancers. // Vitaphone #2138

A Night In Mexico City (James Fitzpatrick: Augustin Delgado) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-March 25, 1944 My guess is that MGM was tired of Mexican travelogues and sent this footage to Warner... just a guess. // Vitaphone #1282A

Night Intruder (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-14m-(Your True Adventure)-July 9, 1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (Greatest Gangster Films Humphrey Bogart) *DVD* A ladies bridge game is interrupted by a thief on the run. Stars: Helen Carew / Edith Ketchum / Jean Whittaker / Helen Cromwell / Harry Bellaver // Vitaphone #49B

A Night On The Bowery (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Will Aubrey)-October 20, 1929 (Film Daily review) Music at a saloon such as "My Gal Sal" and "Ida" // Vitaphone #896

The Nightingale (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-14m-(Vitaphone Variety)-August 1930 (Film Daily review 2-1-31) Two guys, Pat O'Brien & Lyle Talbot, compete for a cabaret singer (Vivienne Osborne) // Vitaphone #1072-1073

Nile Green (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Helen Broderick & Lester Crawford)-© May 15, 1930 (filmed February) A tourist is frustrated by the steps she must climb in Egypt. // Vitaphone #987

The Nine Million (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack & Burnet Hershey) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Novelty)-February 4, 1939 A thought-provoking portrait of Europeans and Asians fleeing their homelands on account of war and the rise of Fascism, made a couple months before the World War. Mixture of newsreel and studio shots. // Vitaphone #233B

Nine O'Clock Folks (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Roy Fant, The Mound City Blue Flowers)-June 28 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed April) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* The goofy “hick” band team entertains while a dog act humors the audience // Vitaphone #1220

The Ninety-ninth Amendment (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Hugh O'Connell, Charles Richman & Verree Teasdale)-© May 18, 1929 (filmed March) A gambler is attempted to be cured by an anti-gambling relatives. // Vitaphone #776

No Adults Allowed (Robert Youngson) bw-10m-(Warner Novelty)-April 11, 1953 (Completed '52) Followup to World Of Kids. // Vitaphone #2251A

No Contest! (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-21m-(Broadway Brevity: Ruth Etting, George Lessey & Elmer Brown)-August 22, 1934 (preview; wide release October 6) Rival radio stations stage a contest for singer Etting. Filmed May 1934. // Vitaphone #1712-1713

The No Man (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Hugh O'Connell)-© August 14, 1933 (filmed April) A theatrical producer hires a "no" man after too many "yeses"... the man winds up saying "no" too often. Co-stars Johnny Downs, Gene & Kathleen Lockhart. // Vitaphone #1540-1541

No Parking (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw- (1R)-(The Grouch Club)-© December 22, 1939 (filmed August) Wally doesn't get ticketed initially until his buddy makes the situation worse in front of the cop. With Arthur Q. Bryan // Vitaphone #249B

No Pets Allowed (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Crane Wilbur; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special: Warren Douglas, Fay Bainter & others)-May 31, 1952 (filmed October '51) Drama about a boy who parts with his beloved pooch when his family gets an apartment. // Vitaphone #2114A

No Questions Asked (The Flaming Youth) (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Little Billy & Jed Prouty)-© June 11, 1930 (filmed March) Hubbie is not happy with their adopted son so he hires a midget to add trouble... and trouble they get. // Vitaphone #4093

The No-Account (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Edmund Joseph) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Russell Hardie & Josephine Hutchinson)-© April 30, 1930 (filmed February) Russel is a crook who steals a ring for his gal but continues to play up his image going to prison. With Edward Robins. // Vitaphone #986

Noble Sissle And Eubie Blake, International Stars Of Syncopation (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake)-© April 9, 1927 (filmed February) Both black artists were hugely successful with their Shuffle Along show earlier and had already made their "talkie" debut with Lee DeForest's Fonofilm four years earlier. Vitaphone #463 features “High High Up in the Hills” “You Can’t Bet You’re in Love” and “I Wonder Where My Sweetie Can Be” // Vitaphone #463

Noble Sissle And Eubie Blake, International Stars Of Syncopation (#464) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake)-© April 18, 1927 (filmed February) Features "My Dream of the Big Parade" and "I've Got Shoes You've Got Shoes" // Vitaphone #464

Non-Support (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Burr McIntish)-© December 4, 1927 (filmed September) Divorce oriented play also featuring Paul Kruger, Bonie Jean DeBard, Linda Ann Corlin and Harry Foy. // Vitaphone #2169

Norman Thomas Quintette In "Harlemania" (Harlem-Mania) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© July 22, 1929 (filmed May) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Great all-black jazzy reel with the lead piano-fingering. Earl Shanks pens with some crooning and Stanley Brown and Alphonse Kennedy dance, but the steal scener is drummer Freddie Crump jumping all over the screen like 1960s James Brown or Jimi Hendrix. // Vitaphone #827

North Of The Sahara (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; script: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Technicolor-20m-(Technicolor Special)-November 7, 1953 (Completed August '53) Tour of Tunisia, Morocco and other countries of North Africa. // Vitaphone #2309A

Northern Exposure (Roy Mack) Technicolor (2-color)-15m-(Technicolor Special [Snub Pollard & Sheila Terry])-August 24, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed May) Pollard is a henpecked husband impressing party guests about a lecture he once did at the North Pole // Vitaphone #1413-1414

Northern India (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Newman Traveltalk)-September 1931 (Film Daily review 3-20-32) Film Daily just considered this scenic tour of the subcontinent "okay". // Vitaphone #1249

Northern Lights (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Jean Paul King) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-October 21, 1936 Visit to Stockholm, Sweden and the Gotha Canal. // Vitaphone #2023

The Northern Patrol (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Mounted Police Quartette)-© November 6, 1928 (filmed July) // Vitaphone #2695

Not For Me (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Miss Juliet)-October 1928 // Vitaphone #2788

Not Tonight, Josephine (Eddie Cline) Technicolor (2-color)-18m-(Technicolor Special: Frank McHugh, Kitty Kelly & others)-© March 2, 1934 (filmed October '33) // Vitaphone #1609-1610

Nothing But The Tooth (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Jack Haley)-© August 3, 1933 (filmed April) Jack promotes toothpaste for a store... and then gets three teeth knocked out. (With Mildred van Dorn, Chester Clute & Jakie Kelk) // Vitaphone #1542-1543

Nothing Ever Happens (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: George Givot, Jane Gale & others)-March 1, 1933 (Film Daily review; filmed December '32) Grand Hotel *DVD* Scene for scene send up of the Oscar winning MGM film of the year. // Vitaphone #1523-1524

The Notre Dame Glee Club (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© April 30, 1928 (filmed January) Joseph J. Casasanta conducts such favorites as "Loch Lomond" and the two theme tunes of Notre Dame. // Vitaphone #2289

Notre Dame Glee Club (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master)-© November 11, 1933 (filmed July) Charles Coleman is baritone. // Vitaphone #1572

Number Please (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Ruth Warren)-August 1928 // Vitaphone #2743

Number Please! (Number, Please) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Variety: Sheila Barrett & Leslie Barrie)-© October 24, 1930 A lofty Englishman turns a phone operator into a “lady”. // Vitaphone #1115

Nut Guilty (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-11m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy)-June 12, 1936 (Film Daily review; filmed January) Charlie and Mr. Bergen preside over the courtroom, complete with a juvenile jury. Charlie is his usual naughty self, asking to play post office with the secretary. He later chirps to Miss O’Grady (Gerrie Worthing), “Young lady, I fine you 90 dollars.” Response: “Hah! That's a cinch. I got the 90 dollars right here in my stocking.” Charlie’s counter-attack: “Uh-huh. Well, now reach down in the other stocking and get the 90 days that goes with it.” George Anderson and Edith Brandall round out the cast. // Vitaphone #1935

Nutville (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Radio Ramblers, Donald MacBride & David Burns)-September 7, 1935 (filmed June) A biking trip lands the Ramblers in a loony-bin town that wants them confined for "sanity" // Vitaphone #1876

Oberammergau, Land Of The Passion Play (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Newman Traveltalk)-April 3, 1932 The residents of the Bavarian alpine regions put on a show every decade (this one filmed 1930). // Vitaphone #1353

Odd Occupations (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Ken Roberts) bw-11m-(Our Own U.S.)-November 27, 1935 (Film Daily review; completed May) Sponge diving (Tarpon Springs in Florida) / turtle hunting / wooden shoes (Pensacola in Florida… recycled footage later) / sulphur mining // Vitaphone #1858

Odds And Ends (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Mr. & Mrs. Jack Norworth)-© May 27, 1929 Assorted songs and comedy with this future Naggers team. // Vitaphone #787

Of All People (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-18m-(Girlfriends Comedy w / Thelma White & Fanny Watson)-November 15, 1931 (Film Daily review) Fanny the phone operator brings a rich guest home to her lowly family for dinner // Vitaphone #1276-1277

Off The Beat (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Morton Downey)-© December 15, 1934 (filmed July) A cop is a success on the air. (With Donald MacBride, Niella Goodelle & the Tune Twisters) // Vitaphone #1756-1757

Off The Record (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Benjamin A. Rolfe And Orchestra)-© March 9, 1936 (filmed January) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* The Music Hall Boys and Sinclair Twins highlight this above average jazz-reel including Wolfe's "Yodel". // Vitaphone #1907

Off To The Races! (Cedric Francis, producer; Charles Tedford; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-June 28, 1954 Greyhounds, soap box derby and the Palio horse race of Siena, Italy are highlighted. Some footage used before. (Reissued August '67) // Vitaphone #2385A

Office Scandal (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy & Christina Graver)-© December 9, 1930 (filmed October) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Edgar initially refuses to hire "dummy" Charlie who is quite brainy about his carrying on with a married secretary. // Vitaphone #1147

Office Steps (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: George Hale) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© May 15, 1930 (filmed March) An office transforms itself in to a jazz dance hall. Cast: Harry McNaughton, The Phelps Twins, Billy Reed, Lou Duthers, Jack Thompson & Gertrude McDonald // Vitaphone #1002

The Officer's Mess (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-22m-(Big V Comedy: Shemp Howard)-October 19, 1935 (filmed July '35) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* A waiter joins the National Guard and has clumsy trouble with the major. (With Louise Squires, Horace MacMahon, Charles Kemper & Dermar Poppen) // Vitaphone #1881-1882

Oh Sailor Behave (Ralph Staub) bw-21m-(Big V Comedy: El Brendel & William Carey)-September 1, 1934 (filmed June) Antics with sailors on leave. (With Gordon Westcott, Doris Arkinson, Mary Forbes & Vivien Oakland) // Vitaphone #1722-1723

Oh Sarah! (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jack McLallen & Sarah Carson)-© January 25, 1930 (filmed December '29) Tony Labriola assists in this drawing room comedy routine. // Vitaphone #946

Oh, Evaline! (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-21m-(Broadway Brevity: Hal LeRoy, Eleanore Whitney, Allen Goode & Ralph Blane)-September 14, 1935 (filmed June) The frat boys in college are supset with Hal's success with dames and plan some good ol' hazing. // Vitaphone #1873-1874

The Oily Bird (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Ken Murray & Oswald)-July 25, 1936 Tale of two fraud real estate agents. (With Charles Withers & Harvey Moffat) // Vitaphone #2004-2005

Okay For Sound (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Truman Bradley; music: William Lava) bw-19m46s-(Special)-September 7, 1946 The Jazz Singer *DVD* Followup to THE VOICE THAT THRILLED THE WORLD (with an emphasis on the Vitaphone revolution of 1926) with behind-the-scenes footage of sound recording in new Warner features. // Vitaphone #1492A

Okay, José (Ralph Staub; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor "Broadway Brevity" Special: El Brendel)-December 7, 1935 Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Hilarious Technicolor antics in desert Mexico with Brendel capturing a bandit by posing as a buxom blond. With Julian Riviero, Alberto Sergio and Joan Woodbury. // Vitaphone #7071-7072

Oklahoma As Is (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Carl Sterns Clancy & Cal Tinney) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty)-October 29, 1936 (Film Daily review) Cal Tinney poses as Chamber of Commerce man in this humorous travelogue of the state. // Vitaphone #2046

Oklahoma Bob Albright & His Rodeo Do Flappers (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© June 12, 1929 Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Ukelele with female pianists. // Vitaphone #810

Oklahoma Outlaws (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; B. Reeves Eason) sepia-21m-(Santa Fe Trail)-September 4, 1943 Montana *DVD* Erville Alderson, Robert Shayne and Warner Anderson star in a recreation of the 1893 Tulsa. (Reissued 11-22-52) // Vitaphone #1145A

The Old Family Album (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jack Scholl) bw-9m-(Hit Parade Of The Gay Nineties)-December 16, 1950 (Completed October '50) Turn of the century song selection. // Vitaphone #1989A

The Old Flame (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Audrey Dale, Dennie Moore & John Marsdon)-© February 5, 1931 (filmed December '30) A wife pretends to cheat in order to distract her hubbie from consantly reading. // Vitaphone #1159

The Old Grey Mayor (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-20m-(Big V Comedy: Bob Hope, Lionel Stander, Ruth Hall, George Watts & Sam Wren)-© November 2, 1935 (filmed December '34) G-Men *DVD* Romantic comedy with Hope having to postpone his engagement news on account of future father-in-law having a tough time as mayor. // Vitaphone #1823-1824

Old Hickory (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Crane Wilbur; story: Owen Crump; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special: Hugh Sothern, Nana Bryant & Victor Kilian)-December 23, 1939 Biopic on Andrew Jackson. (Reissued 4-9-55) // Vitaphone #9590-9591

Old Lace (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Ruth Etting)-September 20, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed July) An aging actress gives romantic pointers to a younger actress with flashbacks to the 1890s. // Vitaphone #1238-1239

Old Seidelburg (Carl McBride) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-May 1930 Musical featuring college students at an old beer hall. Cast: Orville Rennie, Elsa Peterson, Gus Reed & Janet Gilmore // Vitaphone #4169

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On Edge (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy/Big Star Comedy w / William & Joe Mandel)- April 24, 1932 (Film Daily review) Cops chase two bums up a building under construction // Vitaphone #1327-1328

On The Air (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Leith Stevens And His Saturday Night Swing Orchestra)-June 10, 1939 (filmed January) / Typical swing music of the era with Mel Allen (future sportscaster), Bobby Hackett's Orchestra and Nan Wynn. Initially titled SATURDAY NIGHT SWING CLUB. // Vitaphone #213B

On The Air: An All Star Playlet (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: John Maxwell, Hugh Herbert, Fanny Rice & Harry Downing)-© February 18, 1928 (filmed November '27) The secrets of a radio station are revealed during broadcasting time. // Vitaphone #2275

On The Job (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety: Ann Codee & Frank Orth)-© January 5, 1931 (filmed December '30) Frank is a hotel clerk pretending to be the boss. Ann is a French dame crashing a hotel party with Frank's assistance. Florence Vernon is among the supporting players. // Vitaphone #1150

On The Rancho (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth & Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Will & Gladys Ahern)-© February 17, 1930 (filmed December '29) Also Ben Ahern. Comedy and rope tricks. // Vitaphone #952

On The Wagon (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-20m-(Big V Comedy: Shemp Howard & Roscoe Ates)-July 1, 1935 Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* Two married drunks have trouble with a wrestler and their mother-in-aw. (With Gertrude Madge, Lillian Pertka & Zeni Vatori) // Vitaphone #1871-1872

Once Over Lightly (James Bloodworth; music: William Lava) bw-18m-(Special)-October 14, 1944 Clips of Charlie Murray and other Sennett comics. // Vitaphone #1274A

Once Over Lightly (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Roscoe Ates, Loretta Sayers & Donald MacBride)-© March 25, 1935 (filmed September '34) A gambler depends too much on his wife to curb his losing streak. // Vitaphone #1785-1786

One Day Stand (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: co-d: Ira Genet; narrator: Dwight Weist) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty)-August 19, 1939 Clyde Beatty and his wild animal act is performed in a circus. // Vitaphone #231B

One For The Book (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m17s-(Broadway Brevity)-January 6, 1940 (filmed May '39) Betty Hutton (who appeared in several shorts before becoming a star at Paramount), the Beaus & Belles, Miriam Grahame, Gae Foster Sisters and Hal Sherman are the featured entertainers in this vaudeville type musical revue. All set on a huge book shelf! // Vitaphone #224-225B

One Giant Leap (NASA-North American Rockwell Corp.; narrator: Gordon MacRae) color-18m-(Worldwide Adventure)-March 28, 1970 The popular singer narrates the Apollo 11 moon landing.

One Good Deed (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Penrod w/ Billy Hayes)-December 5, 1931 Doggie becomes "patient" at Penrod's vet hospital. Co-starring David Gorcey and Jackie Kelk. // Vitaphone #1305

One Good Turn (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-17m-(Vitaphone Variety: Ruth Etting & Jay Velie)-© December 9, 1930 A mini drama “Half Partners” with tunes added (including “If I Could Be with You”). // Vitaphone #1122

The One Man Quartette (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Eddie Miller)-© November 7, 1929 (filmed August) One man playing different musicians. Some optical effects here. // Vitaphone #881

One On The Aisle (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© November 25, 1930 (filmed September) Lon Hascall, Peggy Bernier & George Haggerty appear in this comic drama. Conflict inside the movie theater with even the watched screen characters reacting. // Vitaphone #1102

One On The House (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-20m-(Vitaphone Gay-ety: Ted, Judd & Joe McMichael)-December 18, 1937 Newleyweds are given a surprise party with a variety of acts. // Vitaphone #88-8B

One Way Out (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: Charles Lawrence & Thelma White)-© January 5, 1931 (filmed December '30) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Odd suicide comedy set in a mythical European city park set up for it. The novelty is the star's funny vocalizations resembling future cartoon characters like Mr. Abominabbble in Bugs Bunny's THE ABOMINABLE SNOW RABBIT. // Vitaphone #1153

One Who Came Back (Owen Crump) bw-21m-(promotional)-September 1951 (*Academy Award Nominee*) Profiles disabled veterans of World War II and Korea. Co-produced independently for Disabled American Veterans and distributed by Warner Bros.

One Year In Korea (---) bw-21m-(Warner Pathé News Special)-February 1952 (Completed '51) // Vitaphone #2172A

O'Neil And Vermont, The Two Dark Knights (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© December 27, 1927 (filmed October) Blackface routine in a cabin. // Vitaphone #2119

Only The Girl (---) Technicolor (2-color)-9m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety: Vera Marshe & Buddy Wattles)-February 1930 Romance and marriage between two centuries are compared in song. Southern mansion scene. // Vitaphone #3880

Open Up That Golden Gate (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Owen Crump; music: William Lava; narrator: Lou Marcelle) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-July 19, 1952 (edited '51) The best of California is showcased. // Vitaphone #2147A

Opening Night (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack & Benjamin Kaye) bw-7m3s-(Vitaphone Variety: Dorothy Sands, Thomas Jackson, Leo Hoyt, Peggy Shannon, Helen Eby-Rock & others)-© January 5, 1931 (filmed October '30) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Comedy at a "sold out" ticket booth. // Vitaphone #1138

The Operation (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy & Christina Graver)-February 9, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed December '29) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Debut of another huge radio and TV team. Edgar and a nurse find Charlie "out" on a park bench and expect the worst. // Vitaphone #947

The Operator's Opera (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Donald Novis, The Eton Boys & Dawn O'Day)-© October 22, 1933 (filmed July) A city park becomes a thunderstorm down pour and telephone operators musically assist those runnng to booths. Dawn O'Day was the future Ann Shirley. Bobby Watson, Chester Chute and Grandon Rhodes also appear. // Vitaphone #1570-1571

Opportunity Night (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Al Klein, Frank Leslie & Genevieve Bowman)-June 1931 A musical amateur night show. // Vitaphone #1244

Opportunity Unlimited (credits unavaiable) bw-22m (also 11m edition)-(Warner Pathé News Special)-© August 19, 1952 Subtitled "New York State Commission Against Discrimination"//

The Opry House (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Doris Walker & The Mound City Blue Blowers)-© August 20, 1929 (filmed June) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* This oddball band has much comedy charm (Lou Hearn, William McKenzie, Frank Billings, Jack Bland & Carl Kress) with combs accompanying banjo and guita. Doris Walker is lead singer. // Vitaphone #834

Orange Blossoms for Violet (Ed Selzer: Friz Freleng & Chuck Jones; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Robert C. Bruce) bw- 9m18s-(Warner Novelty)-May 24, 1952 (Completed '51) The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 & Platinum Collection Vol 1(Blu-Ray only) *DVD* Directed by two of Warner Bros.' animation directors, this comedy is composed of stock footage of monkeys, geese and dogs taken from '23-24 footage (probably Hal Roach's Dippy Dood-Dad series). A basic romantic triangle among capuchins results in a frenetic car chase and balloon ride. Voices by Mel Blanc and Bea Benadaret.//

Orders From Tokyo (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; narrator: David Griffin) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-August 18, 1945 Technicolor views of war-torn Philippines. // Vitaphone #1389A

An Organ Novelty With the Three Crawfords (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty)-October 25, 1939 / Includes "My Budd" and "My Blue Heaven". Featuring Mr. and Mrs. Crawford with Jessie Crawford, Miriam Graham & Robert Simmons // Vitaphone #226B

An Oriental Cocktail (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(World Adventures)-October 10, 1932 (© September 29) Profiles Hawaii's hula dancing, Japan's geishas, etc. // Vitaphone #1433

The Original Hillbillies (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 7, 1929 (filmed January) The "North Carolina Jazz Band" featuring Al Hopkins // Vitaphone #715

Original Songs (Lynn Cowan Master Of Ceremonies And Song Writer) (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Lynn Cowan)-© December 27, 1927 (filmed October) Includes "Cross Roads", "Way Out West in Hollywood" and "I'm Down in Buenos Aires" // Vitaphone #2245

The Orpheus Overture (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Herman Heller & Vitaphone Orchestra)-© April 18, 1927 (filmed February) // Vitaphone #461

An Ounce Of Prevention (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Ray Gross)-October 21, 1936 (filmed January) // Vitaphone #1908

Our African Frontier (Carl Dudley; music: Rex Dunn) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity)-February 13, 1943 (Completed January) Incorporates footage from old travelogues to profile the regions the Allies were battling in. // Vitaphone #1105A

Our Alaskan Frontier (Carl Dudley; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Lou Marcelle) bw-10m-(Warner "Vitaphone" Variety)-November 6, 1943 Vintage travelogue in monochrome (unlike most of the period). // Vitaphone #1202A

Our Frontier In Italy (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Saul Elkins; music: William Lava) bw-16m-(Special)-April 29, 1944 Tour of pre-war Italy. // Vitaphone #1227A

Out For Game (Bryan Foy) bw-18m-(The Potters w/ Lucien Littlefield)-© June 30, 1930 (filmed April) A duck hunting trip gone bad. (With Dot Farley and Del Henderson). // Vitaphone #4099-4100

Out Of Order (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Ben Blue, Donald MacBride & Frances McHugh)-© January 19, 1935 (filmed July '34) Comic antics in a phone booth. // Vitaphone #1754-1755

Out Of The Desert (Cedric Francis, producer; Jackson Winter; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor-19m-(Warnercolor Special)-February 4, 1956 (filmed '55) More on Egypt, made around the same time as Land of the Pharoahs. // Vitaphone #2569A

Out Of The Past (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bert Frank) bw-15m-(Pepper Pot)-October 22, 1932 (Film Daily review; edited June) Newsreels clips of Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and Jack Dempsey are highlighted. // Vitaphone #1400

Out Where The Stars Begin (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Bobby Connolly) Technicolor-19m19s-(Technicolor "Broadway Brevity" Special)-May 14, 1938 Angels With Dirty Faces & Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Fritz Field is the hyper director and Evelyn Thaw the "discovery" who replaces a tempermental ballerina (Armida). Jeffrey Lynn is her love interest. Great views of the Burbank lot in color with cameos by Pat O'Brien and Ann Sheridan. // Vitaphone #8663-8664

Outdoor Living (Howard Hill; music: Howard Jackson) bw-9m-(Warner "Vitaphone" Variety)-November 4, 1944 More with our leading archery expert. // Vitaphone #1276A

The Outlaw In-Law (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy & Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Hobart Cavanaugh & Mary Loane)-© August 7, 1929 (filmed June) Hobart uses the strong lady from Coney Island to get rid of mother-in-law. Filmed twice with different casts. The second version was released. // Vitaphone #782

Over The Wall (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco; music: Howard Jackson) bw-21m-(Special)-December 25, 1943 (filmed September) Northern Pusuit *DVD* Escape convict Dane Clark is persuaded by a minister (Tom Tully) to turn himself in. (Reissued 6-25-49) // Vitaphone #1185A

Overseas Roundup #1 (music: Howard Jackson & William Lava) bw-9m-(Warner "Vitaphone" Variety)-March 17, 1945 News from the war front. A Nazi submarine is attacked / military recreation at Bougainville / Persian transport of goods to Soviet forces / Merrill's Marauders in Burma / Hollywood entertainers overseas // Vitaphone #1335A

Overseas Roundup #2 (music: Howard Jackson) bw-10m-(Warner "Vitaphone" Variety)-May 26, 1945 Segments: life on a troopship / rat-catching in the tropical Pacific / the medical corps in action / an Australian rodeo // Vitaphone #1348A

Overseas Roundup #3 (music: Howard Jackson) bw-9m-(Warner "Vitaphone" Variety)-July 14, 1945 (previewed May 19) Covers: a helicopter saving stranded Marines / how coffee is supplied to troops / Chinese soldiers in training / GI salutes on the radio // Vitaphone #1351A

Overtones (---) bw-14m-(Vitaphone Variety: Ursula Faucit, Elizabeth Page & others)-© March 15, 1928 (filmed January) Film Daily’s critic was confused by this experimental piece (in a review later on 11-11) which had ladies and their shadows conversing in a surreal manner about romantic connections with the same man. // Vitaphone #2287

Overture Tannhäuser (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-10m9s-(Vitaphone Variety: Henry Hadley & The New York Philharmonic)-August 6, 1926 (filmed July '26) Don Juan *DVD* A straightforward orchestra performance designed to show off high quality sound in an era with "talkies" were brand new. Similar to Fox's FINALE FROM SYMPHONY NUMBER FOUR and MGM's MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR showing off CinemaScope and stereo in 1953… and FM radio doing much the same in the sixties. // Vitaphone #263

Overture To Mignon (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Henry Hadley & The New York Philharmonic)-August 6, 1926 (filmed July '26) // Vitaphone #314

Overture William Tell (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The New York Philharmonic)-August 6, 1926 (filmed July '26) // Vitaphone #316

Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-June 29, 1940 (filmed July '39) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & Torrid Zone *DVD* A bit of a plot here with the bandleader conversing with various visitors including a job applicant. Hits include the usual "Jeepers Creepers" (Reissued 4-18-53 and 12-24-55) // Vitaphone #261B

Ozzie Nelson And His Orchestra (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-March 27, 1943 (filmed December '42) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts *DVD* Average reel spotlighting the future sitcom star. Hits include "I'm Dancing with the Mamas with the Moolah". // Vitaphone #1089A

Pa Gets A Vacation (Bryan Foy) bw-18m-(The Potters w/ Lucien Littlefield)-© May 15, 1930 (filmed February) Instead of a raise, Pa gets to stay at his boss' house... and finds more trouble than relaxation. // Vitaphone #3983-3984

The Pacific Frontier (Frederick Richards; music: Howard Jackson & William Lava; narrator: Raine Bennett) Cinecolor-18m-(Broadway Brevity)-May 23, 1942 / Tour of Hawaii and other Pacific islands subject to Japanese attack. Much color footage from earlier travelogues. // Vitaphone #945-946A

Pack Up Your Troubles (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Douglas Stanbury & The Lyric Quartette with Jack Burns)-October 20, 1929 (Film Daily review) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Keepin' the home fires burning in tunes... at the French front. // Vitaphone #918

Paddle Your Own Canoe (music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-October 21, 1950 Profiles the Taylor Statten Camps in Ontario and the art of canoeing in Canada. Carl Laurier demonstrates his skills. // Vitaphone #1951A

Pageant Of The Lilliputans (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Tiny Town Revue with Buster Shaver)-June 9, 1929 (Film Daily review; filmed April) Entire cast is under four feet in height and audiences couldn’t help but be amused at the time. // Vitaphone #784

Pagliacci (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Vitaphone Symphony)-February 1926 (test preview) Not sure if this film is available, but it is fitting that the first Warner "talkie" that was more than just a "test" (and there were many made since the summer of 1925, all given Vitaphone numbers) happens to be a classical music piece. Like the launching of LP records in the late forties and hi fi stereo shortly later, it was assumed that the public was more willing to try out technical "novelties" if they were "high brow" in cultural interest. // Vitaphone #116

The Painter (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: Frank Orth)-© January 5, 1931 (filmed November '30) A journalist hangs out at a sanitarium with a fortune seeking painter. // Vitaphone #1137

Palm Beach Four "Favorite Nightclub Quartette" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© May 27, 1929 Garden setting with Charles Anderson, Joseph Markese, Harry Hill & Al Perry // Vitaphone #794

Palm Beach Knights (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Charles Ahearn)-May 1935 A fashion show for hobos is performed. (With David Burns, Casper Balsamo and Fred Harper) // Vitaphone #1866

Pals (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Willie & Eugene Howard)-© July 18, 1927 (filmed April) Singing "Hawaiian Rose" in a NYC setting. // Vitaphone #543

Papa's Vacation (Bryan Foy) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety: William Demerest)-© March 31, 1928 (filmed December '27) Film Daily (10-21-28) rated this very staged comedy just “fair” with the future comedy star as a tired postman dealing with his wife’s eagerness to hike up the mountains. // Vitaphone #2290

The Paper Hangers (Herman C. Raymaker) bw/silent-2 reels-(Al St. John & Cliff Bowes)-January 1921 At least parts of this comedy survive today.//

Paper Hanging (Carter DeHaven & Herman Ruby) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Johnny Arthur)-© April 30, 1930 (filmed February) Johnny is too cheap to hire a professional… and does it himself unsuccessfully. // Vitaphone #3972

Parades Of Yesterday (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bert Frank & Jack Henley; narrator: Leo Donnelly) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot)-April 8, 1933 (Completed October '32) Profiles various parades: Coney Island's 1890s style, civil war veterans and the 1919 victory celebration. Music by David Mendoza. // Vitaphone #1486

The Paragons In The Tropics (Doc Salomon) bw-7m-(Vitaphone Variety: The Paragons & Doris Walker)-March 10, 1929 (Film Daily review filmed December '28) Tunes include “Happy Days and Lonely Nights” // Vitaphone #2883

Paree Paree (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-21m3s-(Broadway Brevity: Bob Hope & Dorothy Stone)-September 8, 1934 (filmed June '34) Silk Stockings *DVD* Bob Hope makes his debut for the studio doing more singing than comedy, but the production values of this Cole Porter adaptation are first rate. In Paris, millionaire playboy Hope tries to woo a lady without any money. // Vitaphone #1752-1753

Paris Glimpses (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Newman Traveltalk)-July 9, 1932 (Film Daily review; edited February) Includes the Eiffel (of course) and Champs Elysees // Vitaphone #1342

Paris In New York (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Irene Bordoni, Pansy Sanborn, Ames & Arms, Will Aubrey & Frank Mazzone)-March 21, 1936 Super star Irene relates her somewhat fiction-based rise to stardom to her fans. // Vitaphone #1943-1944

Partners (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Leon Errol) bw-21m-(Vitaphone Variety: Billy Gaxton, George Haggerty & Shirley Palmer)-March 15, 1931 (Film Daily review; filmed January) Business partners work with an empty real estate office trying to fool a patron. // Vitaphone #1183-1184

Passing The Buck (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Alexander Gray)-September 24, 1932 (filmed July) Clever musical starting with talking dollar bills… building up to the places they have been in NYC and the entertainment. (With Nina Mae McKinney, Dorothy Dell, Victor Kilian, Ed Jerome, Will Vedery Girls & Four Blazers) // Vitaphone #1450-1451

Pat Henning (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-January 1930 Comic routines with his parents helping. // Vitaphone #971

The Patent Office (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: ---bw-(Vitaphone Variety: Harry Tate)-© June 29, 1929 (filmed March) // Vitaphone #767

Paul Cunningham And Florence Bennett, The Popular Singing Composers (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 20, 1929 Bennett does a sketch as a Hollywood starlet inbetween songs like "Hollywood Parade". // Vitaphone #736

Paul Revere, Jr. (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Gus Shy, co-starring Janet Reade, Kathleen & Gene Lockhart, Bobby Watson, Almira Sessions & Shemp Howard)-© October 21, 1933 (filmed June) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* A modern day Paul Revere gets too drunk and steals a horse. Flashback t Colonial America and some boppy musical numbers. // Vitaphone #1559-1560

Paul Tremaine & His Aristocrats (Paul Tremaine And His Jazz Band) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m29s-(Vitaphone Variety)-March 31, 1929 (Film Daily review) The Jazz Singer *DVD* Manages to squeeze in footage of a real train, with a rendition of "I've Been Working on the Railroad". // Vitaphone #742

Pauline Alpert In "What Price Piano" (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 12, 1927 (filmed December '26) Two back to back shorts made together. This one (#418) features hits like "Sunday" and "Barcelona". // Vitaphone #418

Pauline Alpert #419 (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© March 12, 1927 (filmed December '26) Starts with the tune "That's Why I Love You" // Vitaphone #419

The Pay Off (---) bw-10m-(Vitaphone Variety: Harry B. Walthall, Barbara Leonard & Russell Hopton)-© March 19, 1930 (filmed January) Dramatic piece about an aging crook helping his daughter’s romance without revealing his paternity. // Vitaphone #3798

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Peace And Quiet (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Billy Wayne & Betty Lawrence)-© February 5, 1931 (filmed December '30) City dwellers seek it in the noisy countryside. // Vitaphone #1152

Peaceful Valley (J.L. Warner) bw/silent-2 reels-(Monty Banks)-July 1921

A Peach Of A Pair (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Daphne Pollard & Shemp Howard)-© February 12, 1935 (filmed August '34) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* Slapstick involving two vaudevillians-turned cook and butler. // Vitaphone #1773-1774

Pearl Of The East (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: Howard Claney) Cinecolor-9m-(Colortour Adventures)-March 21, 1938 Covers India // Vitaphone #72B

The Pearl Of The Pacific (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman & Ira Genet; narrator: Kenneth Roberts) Naturalcolor-10m-(Colortour Adventures)-September 5, 1936 (Completed June) E.M. Newman started producing in color to compete with MGM's Traveltalks (which began shooting in Technicolor two years earlier), but utilized a more economized process like Paramount's "Popular Science". This one is a tour of Hawaii. // Vitaphone #2020

Pearls Of The Pacific (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor-17m-(Warnercolor Special)-© March 2, 1957 (Completed October '56) Tour of the Philippines. (Reissued August '67) // Vitaphone #2683A

Peeks At Hollywood (Gene Lester: Irving Applebaum; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) bw-9m-(Warner "Vitaphone" Variety)-January 26, 1946 (filmed '45) San Antonio *DVD* Hollywood celebrities seen from Griffith Observatory. // Vitaphone #1418A

Pennant Winning Battery Of Songland (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m17s-(Vitaphone Variety: Gus Van & Joe Schenck)-© April 9, 1927 The Jazz Singer *DVD* Amusing... and dated... vaudeville music and comedy with impersonations of African American and midwestern hick dialogue. // Vitaphone #465

A Penny A Peep (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ralph Staub) bw-10m41s-(Pepper Pot: Fred Harper, Gertrude Mudge & Dick Wallace)-© July 16, 1933 (filmed March) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Nostalgic portrait of a family visiting a early 1900s penny arcade. Clips: Annette Kellerman in THE PERFECTLY FORMED WOMAN (Australian clip 1910) / Mary Pickford in SONG OF THE WILDWOOD FLUTE (Biograph 1910) // Vitaphone #1518

Penrod's Bull Pen (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Alfred J. Goulding) bw-8m-(Penrod w/ Billy Hayes)-March 19, 1932 Penrod and the gang cause havoc to a neighbor’s window. Later they stage a mock bullfight. (With David Gorcey, Paul White, Jackie Kelk, Eddie Ryan & Jean Mayerson) // Vitaphone #1354

The People Versus-- (---) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Pat O'Malley & Frank Campeau)-© April 30, 1930 (filmed December '29) Mini prison drama. // Vitaphone #3781

The Perfect Suitor (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy [Big Star Comedy] w / Benny Rubin, Warren Hymer & Marjorie Hines)-March 20, 1932 (Film Daily review) A clothing store owner poses as a mannequin when rbbed by racketeers. // Vitaphone #1344-1345

A Perfect Understanding (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Joe May & Dorothy Oaks)-© February 17, 1930 (filmed December '29) Comedy banter // Vitaphone #951

Perils Of The Jungle (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Attilio Gatti; story: Herald Medford; music: William Lava; narrator: Knox Manning) bw-21m-(Broadway Brevity)-October 3, 1941 Searching for the elusive Okapi in the Belgian Congo. Filmed footage from 1938-40. (Reissued 5-7-49) // Vitaphone #593-594A

Personalities (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Florrie Le Vere & Lou Handman)-© October 17, 1927 (filmed August) Handman was a leading songwriter. // Vitaphone #2131

The Pest Of Honor (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-8m-(Vitaphone Variety: Harry Short & Edward Fielding)-© December 9, 1930 (filmed October) A hired "joker" butler causes havoc on a society party. // Vitaphone #1118

Peter Van Steeden And His Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Melody Master)-March 6, 1937 Also Harold Richards and Hazel Geary. // Vitaphone #2072

Phedre Overture (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Herman Heller & Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra)-© December 29, 1927 (filmed September) // Vitaphone #2170

Phil Spitalny & His Musical Queens (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-11m-(Melody Master)-August 23, 1934 (Film Daily review; filmed June) Vitaphone Cavalcade Of Musical Comedy Shorts *DVD* Mickey Braatz tap dances. An all female band performs. // Vitaphone #1719

Phil Spitalny's All Girl Orchestra (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-11m-(Melody Master)-August 7, 1935 (filmed May) Tunes include "Running Wild" (later used in SOME LIKE IT HOT) and some familiars from the Busby Berkeley. Maurine and Nova are credited. // Vitaphone #1850

The Piano Duellists (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Victor Arden & Phil Ohman)- © July 11, 1927 (filmed May) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Great piano playing but slightly dull to watch. // Vitaphone #553

The Picadilly (Murray Roth) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: William DuCalion)-November 1928 // Vitaphone #2840

Pickin' A Winner (Pick A Winner) (Roy Mack) Technicolor (2-color)-18m-(Technicolor Special)-August 23, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed June) Assortment of dancing policemen and gambling on picnic grounds // Vitaphone #1411-1412

Picture Palace (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-21m-(Broadway Brevity: Hal LeRoy & Dawn O'Day / Anne Shirley)-February 10, 1934 (filmed September '33) Fired from a vaudeville show, a couple strike on their own. William Morrow and Toney Hughes support. // Vitaphone #1619-1620

The Picture Parade (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dwight Weist, Dan Donaldson & Jay Jackson) bw-19m-(Classics of the Screen)-March 31, 1956 (Compiled '55) Presents various subjects of unusual interest: the marble caverns in Oregon; the castle in the desert, an architectural wonder in Arizona; a chest of curiosities collected by Jules Charbneau in twenty years of travels; the many animals of New York's Bronx Park Zoo; and the Martha Berry Schools. // Vitaphone #2590A

Picturesque Portugal (James Fitzpatrick; narrator: Marvin Miller) Warnercolor-9m-(Sports Parade)-October 15, 1955 (filmed '52) Rare "Traveltalk" not made at MGM, completed just before FitzPatrick's move to Paramount with his VistaVision Vists. // Vitaphone #2521A

Picturesque Siam (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-9m-(Musical World Journeys)-© July 25, 1934 (Completed November '33) // Vitaphone #1647

Pie A La Mode (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Herbert Warren & Russ Brown)-May 29, 1933 (Film Daily review; filmed December '32) More music and pie throwing in a bakery setting. (With the Loomis Sisters, Bernard Gorcey, Polly Walters & Doree Singers) // Vitaphone #1529-1530

Pie In The Eye (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson & William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) bw-18m-(Classic Of The Screen)-December 24, 1948 More vintage Mack Sennett material. By now, all compilations of old material brought to 20 minutes or so in length are dubbed "Classics of the Screen", the umbrella title also used for reissues of old shorts during the late forties and fifties. // Vitaphone #1771A

Pie, Pie Blackbird (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack & A. Dorian Otvas) bw-10m42s-(Vitaphone Variety: Eubie Blake, Nina Mae McKinney & The Nicholas Brothers)-June 4, 1932 (filmed March) Warner Bros. Big Band, Jazz & Swing Shorts & Hallelujah! *DVD* Creative, if weird. musical with the band performing inside a pie and culminating with the jazz hot enough to "burn nto a skeleton". // Vitaphone #1391

Pigskin Passes (Robert Youngson; narrator: Dan Donaldson) bw-18m-(Classic Of The Screen)-© September 23, 1949 Two-reel history of football, up through 1949. // Vitaphone #1845A

Pigskin Troubles (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Jack Born & Elmer Lawrence)-© March 7, 1929 (filmed December '28) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Quite funny routines involving football talk // Vitaphone #2940

Pilgrim Days (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman) bw-10m-(See America First)-August 28, 1934 (Washington DC preview) Part of a series on US history with the sites of Massachusettes highlighted. // Vitaphone #1738

Plane Crazy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Musical Short / Broadway Brevity: Dorothy Lee, Art & Morton Havel & others)-© December 23, 1933 (filmed August) The Picture Snatcher *DVD* Romance and music with two aviators and a girl of interest. Ends with Berkley-esque numbers. // Vitaphone #1613-1614

A Plantation Act (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Philip Roscoe) bw-9m56s-(Vitaphone Variety: Al Jolson)-October 7, 1926 (filmed August '26) The Jazz Singer *DVD* Al Jolson sings "When the Red Red Robin Goes Bob Bob Bobbing Along", "April Showers" and "Rock-a-bye Your Baby" in blackface. When The Jazz Singer was released the following year, it was billed as Jolson's film debut and copies of this short were removed from distribution. The Vitaphone Project helped uncover a damaged print and soundtrack recording and it made its restored laserdisc debut as part of a Turner / MGM-UA set in 1994. // Vitaphone #359

Plantation Melodies (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Le Roy Prinz) bw-20m-(Special)-May 12, 1945 (filmed '44) Short biopic on Stephen Foster (Craig Stevens), done in the style of the 1930s patriotic 2-reelers. (Reissued 5-16-53) // Vitaphone #1324A

The Play Boy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-14m-(Vitaphone Variety: Harry Fox)-September 7, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed May) Amusing tale of a kleptomaniac. // Vitaphone #1039-1040

Play Street (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-21m-(Broadway Brevity: Cherry & June Preisser)-April 3, 1937 A show is put on in the neighborhood and two particiants are persuaded by a Broadway actress to perform at a party. Supporting are Duke McHale, Walter Cassel and the team of Verdi & See. // Vitaphone #2076-2077

The Playgirls (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Jean Negulesco) bw-10m-(Melody Master: Cathy Lewis, Navy Blues Sextette & The Ryan sisters)-© December 26, 1941 On the bandstand with female vocal groups. (Reissued 4-16-55) // Vitaphone #657A

Playgrounds (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman; narrator: James Wallington) bw-11m-(Our Own U.S.)-October 5, 1935 (edited April) Virginia Beach / Coney Island / Palm Springs / parts of Florida / Lake Placid / Lake Marancook // Vitaphone #1854

Playing Pranks With Webster (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Johnny Hyman)-© February 4, 1928 (filmed October '27) // Vitaphone #2264

Playing With Danger (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery; narrator: Floyd Gibbons) bw-9m-(Your True Adventure)-October 30, 1937 Kids go swimming too close to a railroad // Vitaphone #39B

Playing With Fire (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-12m-(Vitaphone Variety: Jack Hazzard)-© March 26, 1931 (filmed December '30) Fireman comedy with the fellows putting on a show due to lack of action. // Vitaphone #1188

Playmates (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Bryan Foy) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Arthur & Morton Havel)-© April 30, 1929 Juvenile performers let loose on piano and song. (With Dora Mills Adams & David Bender) // Vitaphone #769

Playtime In Rio (Charles Tedford; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-10m-(Sports Parade)-August 17, 1948 (filmed '46-'47) Views of the Cariocas of Rio de Janeiro. // Vitaphone #1595A

Playtime Pals (Cedric Francis, producer; André De La Varre; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Johnny Jacobs) Warnercolor-9m-(Warnercolor Special)-October 27, 1956 Children and sports worldwide. // Vitaphone #2670A

Pleasure Island (Roy Mack) Technicolor (2-color)-18m-(Technicolor Special: Tom Dugan, Richard Powell, Neely Edwards, Hank Mann, Winona Love & Maxine Lewis)-October 3, 1932 (Film Daily review; filmed June) Musical "fluff" set on a tropical isle // Vitaphone #1421-1422

Pledge To Bataan (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; David Griffin; music: William Lava; narrator: Truman Bradley) Technicolor-20m (lengthier version at 54m)-(Featurette)-February 3, 1945 Showcases the Philippnes pre-General MacArthur. // Vitaphone #1310A

The Poet And Peasant Overture (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Herman Heller & Vitaphone Orchestra)-© April 18, 1927 (filmed February) Widely released December 1929. // Vitaphone #447

Poets Of The Organ (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Melody Master: Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Crawford)-August 15, 1936 With Robert Simmons and organ renditions of "Valencia", "Rose in Her Hair", "Masquerade" and "Butterflies in the Rain" // Vitaphone #1949

Points On Arrows (Howard Hill; music: Howard Jackson) bw-9m-(Hollywood Novelty)-December 27, 1941 (filmed September) Featuring the leading archery expert // Vitaphone #577A

Points On Pointers (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: E.M. Newman: Del Frazier) Cinecolor-9m-(Color Parade)-January 28, 1939 (filmed '38) The first of several color shorts on dogs. // Vitaphone #185B

Police Quartet (L.A. Police) (---) bw-8m4s-(Vitaphone Variety)-December 29, 1927 The Jazz Singer *DVD* Yes, even cops can perform as a band. // Vitaphone #2320

The Policy Girl (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Broadway Brevity: Mitzi Mayfair, Donald Novis, Roscoe Ates)-August 11, 1934 (filmed June) Insurance salesman cons his sister to get a deal with a celebrity. // Vitaphone #1717-1718

Politics (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Arthur Hurley) bw-18m-(Vitaphone Variety: George Jessel)-© November 24, 1930 (filmed September) // Vitaphone #1100

Polo With The Stars (Myron Schwartz: Paul Thoma; music: Howard Jackson; narrator: Knox Manning) bw-9m-(Hollywood Novelty)-September 20, 1941 Features Joe E. Brown, Jack Holt & Buddy Rogers // Vitaphone #495A

Polonaise In A Flat (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety: Harold Bauer)-June 1926 (test preview) // Vitaphone #278

Pony Express Days (Wild West Days) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; B. Reeves Eason; music: Howard Jackson) Technicolor-25m-(Technicolor Special: George Reeves, David Bruce, Frank Wilcox & J. Farrell McDonald)-July 6, 1940 Torrid Zone *DVD* Excellent (if not exactly historically accurate) reenactment of the Pony Express (1860-62) with George Reeves starring as Bill Cody. (Reissued 5-13-50) // Vitaphone #9834-9835

Poor Aubrey (---) bw-15m-(Vitaphone Variety: Franklin Pangborn)-© January 30, 1930 (filmed December '29) Vitaphone Varieties 1926-30 *DVD* Living room battle between spouses featuring the Sennett star. Based on a playlet THE SHOW-OFF by George Kelly. Helen Ferguson, Ruth Lyons & Clara Blandick support. // Vitaphone #3674-3675

Poor But Dishonest (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-18m-(Girlfriends Comedy w / Thelma White & Fanny Watson)-March 1932 Fanny gets engaged to a Count when traveling abroad. Also featuring Al Klein, James C. Morton & Jessie Busley. // Vitaphone #1309-1310

The Poor Fish (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-6m-(Vitaphone Variety: Hobart Cavanaugh)-© June 8, 1930 (filmed April) Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Husband and wife's "other man" discover kinship in fishing while wifie sees fresh "blood". With Natalie Schafer, Stanley Ridges & George Blackwood in support. // Vitaphone #1010

Poor Little Butterfly (Roy Mack) Technicolor (2-color)-7m-(Technicolor Vitaphone Variety)-September 21, 1930 (Film Daily review; filmed January) Musical set in Japan // Vitaphone #3687

Poor Little Rich Boy (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Mary Lange, Charles Eaton, Harry McNaughton & Gale Sisters)-© December 24, 1932 (filmed September) The family mansion is transformed by the musical son into a roadhouse. // Vitaphone #1480-1481

Popular Songs (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Anna Chandler)-© November 28, 1928 (filmed August) // Vitaphone #2739

Postal Union (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-20m-(Broadway Headliners: Georgie Price, Eddie Bruce & others)-December 4, 1937 (filmed Sept '37) Kid Galahad (Greatest Gangster Films Edward G. Robinson) *DVD* A messenger boy uses magic to impress his girl. // Vitaphone #31-32B

Pow Wow (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lansing Holden) Technicolor-9m-(Color Parade)-October 1, 1938 / Technicolor views of the Navajo. // Vitaphone #105B

Power Behind The Nation (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; story: Saul Elkins; music: William Lava; narrator: Art Gilmore) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-October 11, 1947 History of American industry. // Vitaphone #1615A

Precision (National Film Board of Canada: George Dufaux) c-10m-(Special)-December 30 1967 (US release. Canada film release 1966)

The Prediction (---) bw-18m-(Vitaphone Variety: Hugh Herbert)-© July 10, 1928 (filmed February) A reading with a fortune teller disrupts Hugh's marriage. (With Anita Pam, Otto Lederer & Guy D'Enner) // Vitaphone #2517-2518

Preparing For The Future (---) bw- (Warner Pathé News Special)-March 1954 Made for New York State University // Vitaphone #2369A

The Present With A Future (Warner Bros. War Bonds Trailer) (Vincent Sherman) bw-3m-(promotional w/ Bette Davis)-December 1, 1943 //

Pretty Polly (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Polly Moran)-June 1, 1935 (filmed January) A waitress who wins a law suit stages a Hollywood party... with impersonators. Marjorie Main as a supporting role with Jane Gale, David Burns, Pats Flick and Ginger Pearson. // Vitaphone #1830-1831

The Pretty Pretender (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Bernice Claire)-January 23, 1937 A theater owner needs better performances and tells his cast a big producer is attending. Bernice disovers he's accidently telling the truth. (With Adrina Otero, Nina Olivette, Stanley Smith & Byrne Sisters) // Vitaphone #2054-2055

Princely India (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Owen Crump; music: William Lava; narrator: Lou Marcelle) Technicolor-18m-(Technicolor Special)-December 25, 1948 Ambitious 2-reel travelogue. // Vitaphone #1749A

The Prisoner Of Swing (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack, Eddie Forman & Cyrus Wood) bw-22m-(Broadway Brevity: Hal LeRoy & June Allyson, Al Fields & Eddie Foy Jr.)-June 11, 1938 The Dawn Patrol (1938) (Greatest Classic Films War) *DVD* Excellent comedy spoof of The Prisoner Of Zenda with first rate production values. // Vitaphone #108-109B

A Private Engagement (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: The Yacht Club Boys)-May 1930 Vitaphone Varieties Vol. 2 (Warner Archive) *DVD* The boys perform mostly in a parlor. // Vitaphone #1043

Private Lessons (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-22m-(Broadway Brevity: Hal LeRoy, Dawn O'Day, Dorothy Dare, Dollie Arden & Marie Fay)-May 5, 1934 (filmed November '33) A young dance instructor is hired at the all-girl Dawn O'Day school, but the owner worries he may be teaching more than just dancing. He starts his own school. // Vitaphone #1642-1643

The Prize Sap (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ralph Staub) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Ben Blue)-© July 21, 1934 (filmed February) Ben takes over a radio station and fires... and hires... all the wrong people. (With Hugh Cameron, Dorothy Brown & Cora Witherspoon) // Vitaphone #1679-1680

Production Report By Jack Warner (Jack Warner) bw-25m-(Featurette)-March 1955 (filmed '54) // Vitaphone #2461A

Proff Moore And His Roosevelt Hotel Orchestra (---) bw- (Vitaphone Variety)-© February 15, 1929 (Completed December '27) // Vitaphone #2276

Projection Room (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Roy Mack) bw-18m-(Broadway Brevity: Gower Champion & Jeanne Tyler, Jack Arthur, Evelyn Case & Eddie Foy Jr.)-March 4, 1939 (filmed '38) A popular radio team is kept united romantically by the movie studio heads who hired them. // Vitaphone #175-176B

Proudly We Serve (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Crane Wilbur; music: William Lava) bw-18m-(Special)-September 23, 1944 Hollywood Canteen *DVD* Andrea King plays a lady gun trainer, much to the surprise of Sgt. Tex Gordon. // Vitaphone #1277A

P's And Cues (Ps & Qs) (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French; narrator: Paul Douglas) bw-10m-(Pepper Pot)-November 27, 1935 (Film Daily review) Charles Peterson and Ruth McGinnis give pro lessons at billiards. // Vitaphone #1914

Public Jitterbug Number One (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-10m-(Broadway Brevity: Hal LeRoy, Betty Hutton, Chaz Chase & Tom Emerson's Hillbilly Sextette)-April 5, 1939 Carefree *DVD* Forget the plot… all wooing and romancing with tunes like "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" and the title tune. // Vitaphone #240-241B

Pugs And Kisses (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Ray McCarey) bw-18m-(Big V Comedy: Charles Judels & Lionel Stander, co starring Greta Granstedt, Shemp Howard & Ralph Sanford)-© February 17, 1934 (filmed September '33) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* A womanizing-but-unsuccessful boxer (Stander) is fooled by his manager (Judels) into thiking he got him bumped off but stages a comeback. // Vitaphone #1621-1622

Punch And Beauty (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) bw-20m-(Joe Palooka w/ Robert Norton & Shemp Howard)-August 6, 1936 Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vo. 2 *DVD* Joe knocks out his opponent too early for making noise in a hotel. With Johnny Berkes & Beverly Phalon // Vitaphone #2012-2013

Puppet Love (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Lloyd French) Cinecolor?-10m-(Vitaphone Novelty: Salici's puppets)-September 18, 1937 (BoxOffice review) Features the marionettes onstage and behind-the-scenes. // Vitaphone #2086

Pure Feud (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]: Joseph Henabery) bw-9m-(Pepper Pot: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy)-© April 14, 1934 (filmed November '33) Vitaphone Comedy Collection Vol. 1 (Warner Archive) *DVD* Edgar Appletree and his sister arrive at a mountain resort for a rest cure, only to find themselves in the midst of a shooting war between the McCarthys and their neighbors. // Vitaphone #1638

Purely An Accident (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw-9m-(Vitaphone Variety)-© November 14, 1930 / A boxer lacks self confidence despite repeated wins. An off-beat comedy with Reed Brown Jr., Allen Kearns & Frank Otto. // Vitaphone #1106

Putting It On (Vitaphone Studio [NYC]) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Bobby Jarvis & Lillian Bond)-June 1930 A lowly store clerk crashes a high society party pretending to be a “swell”. // Vitaphone #1070

Putting It On (Bryan Foy) bw- (Vitaphone Variety: Claudia Coleman)-© December 27, 1927 (filmed October) Popular vaudeville star impersonates a stuffy society dame and a manicurist. // Vitaphone #2244